Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
No sooner she had put the baby to sleep when a loud noise woke him up.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Scarcely had she
- Both "No sooner" and "scarcely" are used with the inversion structure where the auxiliary verb comes before the subject. The correct form is "Scarcely had she put the baby to sleep when a loud noise woke him up."
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"Scarcely had she" correctly follows this inversion pattern and matches the intended meaning.
So, the corrected sentence is: "Scarcely had she put the baby to sleep when a loud noise woke him up."