Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: option_b
Explanation:
Introduction:
The construction "No sooner ... than" requires subject–auxiliary inversion in the first clause. This question checks knowledge of inversion after negative adverbials.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
When a negative or restrictive adverb starts a clause (e.g., "No sooner", "Hardly", "Scarcely"), use an auxiliary before the subject: "No sooner had we reached..."
Step-by-Step Solution:
1) Identify trigger: "No sooner".2) Apply inversion in first clause: "had we reached" (past perfect is idiomatic here).3) Keep "than" to introduce the second clause: "than it started raining".4) Therefore, part B is erroneous as it lacks inversion.
Verification / Alternative check:
Correct sentence: "No sooner had we reached there than it started raining."
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
A: "No sooner" correctly begins the correlative pair.C: "than it started raining" is the correct correlative completion.D: Declares no mistake but is not the target; the error is in B.
Common Pitfalls:
Using simple past without inversion after "No sooner".
Final Answer:
B (Write: "had we reached")
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