Choose the correct sentence.
Correct answer: A. Hardly had he arrived when the meeting started.
- A. Hardly had he arrived when the meeting started.
- B. Hardly he had arrived when the meeting started.
- C. Hardly had he arrived than the meeting started.
- D. Hardly he arrived when the meeting started.
Explanation
Hardly at the start of a sentence forces inversion of subject and auxiliary, and it is paired with when, not than. No sooner is the parallel construction and it pairs with than instead. Mixing the two pairings is the standard trap in this question type.
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