Standard English ConventionsVery hardInversion after no sooner
Standard English Conventions practice question
No sooner ____ the rain stopped than the sun came out.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. hadCorrect
- B. has
- C. did
- D. was
Answer: A. had
No sooner at the start takes the past perfect with inversion: no sooner had the rain stopped.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. has
- The present perfect does not fit the past narrative.
- C. did
- Did would need stop, not stopped.
- D. was
- Was does not pair with stopped in this sense.
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