Choose the correct form of the verb to fill the blank.
No sooner ______ the door than the phone began to ring.

I had openedCorrect answerYour answerI openedCorrect answerYour answerdid I openedCorrect answerYour answerhad I openedCorrect answerYour answer

Show the answer and explanation

CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

"No sooner" at the start of a sentence turns the verb round, so the helping verb comes before the subject: "no sooner had I opened ... than".

Worth noting

"I had opened" has the right tense, but after "no sooner" the order must be "had I". "Did I opened" puts a past verb after "did".

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Ten questions from Tenses and agreement, at your own pace.

Choose the correct form of the verb to fill the blank.No sooner ______ the door than the phone began to ring.