Practicing Success
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:- No sooner had she finished her speech …… the light went out. |
as then than No improvement |
than |
The correct option to fill in the blank is than. The idiom "no sooner had" is used to describe two events that happen very close together, with the second event happening almost immediately after the first. In this sentence, it means that the light went out almost immediately after she finished her speech. The word "than" is used to connect the two events and to show that they happened in quick succession. The other options are not as appropriate:
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