Banking Exams English — Question 1875

Question

Improve the underlined part: 'No sooner DID THE BELL RING THAN the students rushed out.'

1. did the bell rang then
2. the bell rang than
3. had the bell rung then
4. No improvement

Correct answer

D — No improvement

Explanation (English)

'No sooner' is correctly followed by inversion ('did the bell ring') and correlated with 'than'. The original is grammatically correct, so no improvement is needed.

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