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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 required’.

Hardly had we get in but the train started.

A

No substitution required

B

we get in than

C

we got in before

D

we got in when

Solution

option D is the right answer.

wr got in but should be replaced with we got in when,

scarcely/hardly + when

no sooner + than 

are the correct pairs.