Choose the best replacement for the words in brackets. If they are correct as they are, choose "No improvement".
[Hardly had I reached] the gate when the bus left.

Hardly I had reachedCorrect answerYour answerHardly did I reachedCorrect answerYour answerNo sooner I had reachedCorrect answerYour answerNo improvementCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

"Hardly" at the start turns the verb round, "hardly had I reached", and is followed by "when". The sentence is correct.

Worth noting

"No sooner" would need "than", not "when", and it too turns the verb round.

Concept: "Hardly had ... when"
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Choose the best replacement for the words in brackets. If they are correct as they are, choose "No improvement".[Hardly had I reached] the gate when the bus left.

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Choose the best replacement for the words in brackets. If they are correct as they are, choose "No improvement".
[Hardly had I reached] the gate when the bus left.