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Q

Medium 1 Mark

English Tenses

Which sentence uses the inverted structure with 'No sooner … than' correctly?

A No sooner he had left than it started raining.

B No sooner had he left than it started raining.

C No sooner he left than it had started raining.

D No sooner did he leave than it had rained.

With 'No sooner … than', the auxiliary 'had' is inverted before the subject: 'No sooner had he left than …'

Reference: English Grammar Guide , Page 7

No sooner had + subject + V3 … than + simple past.