Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
No sooner had she finished her breakfast that she had received a phone call from her boss, informing her that she needed to come to work immediately.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. than she received.
- In the sentence, the phrase "No sooner had she finished her breakfast" sets up a comparison with "than" to show that the phone call happened immediately after she finished her breakfast.
- To maintain correct tense and grammatical structure, the past simple tense "received" is used after "than," matching the past perfect tense used earlier in the sentence.