Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
No sooner had I finished my final exam that my friends invited me to join them on a trip to Europe.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. than my friends invited.
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The passage indicates an event that happened immediately after another event (finishing the final exam).
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This structure can be effectively replaced with: "than my friends invited"
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This substitution maintains the correct conjunction "than," which is used to show that one event (finishing the exam) was followed very quickly by another event (the invitation to the trip).
Therefore, the revised sentence would be: "No sooner had I finished my final exam than my friends invited me to join them on a trip to Europe."