No Sooner …Than, Hardly…When Worksheet For Class 10 | Kerala SSLC English Worksheets
Combine the following sentences using as soon as, no sooner…than and hardly/scarcely … when.
1. He received the letter. He left for home.
2. She read the letter. She started crying.
3. I locked the door. Someone knocked on it again.
4. We learned about the burglary. We called the police.
5. The train arrived. Passengers rushed to board it.
6. The teacher entered the classroom. The students stopped talking.
7. The birds heard the gunshots. They flew away.
Answers
1. No sooner had he received the letter than he left for home.
No sooner did he receive the letter than he left for home.
Hardly / Scarcely had he received the letter, when he left for home.
As soon as he received the letter, he left for home.
2. No sooner had she read the letter than she started crying.
No sooner did she read the letter than she started crying.
Hardly / Scarcely had she read the letter when she started crying.
As soon as she read the letter, she started crying.
3. No sooner had I closed the door than someone knocked on it.
No sooner did I close the door than someone knocked on it.
Hardly had I closed the door when someone knocked on it.
As soon as I locked the door, someone knocked on it.
4. No sooner had we learned about the burglary than we called the police.
No sooner did we learn about the burglary than we called the police.
Hardly had we learned about the burglary when we called the police.
As soon as we learned about the burglary, we called the police.
5. No sooner had the train arrived than passengers rushed to board it.
No sooner did the train arrive than passengers rushed to board it.
Scarcely had the train arrived, when/before the passengers rushed to board it.
As soon as the train arrived, the passengers rushed to board it.
6. No sooner had the teacher entered the classroom, than the students stopped talking.
No sooner did the teacher enter the classroom, than the students stopped talking.
Hardly had the teacher entered the classroom, when/before the students stopped talking.
As soon as the teacher entered the classroom, the students stopped talking.
7. No sooner had the birds heard the gunshots than they flew away.
No sooner did the birds hear the gunshots than they flew away.
Hardly had the birds heard the gunshots before they flew away.
As soon as the birds heard the gunshots, they flew away.
