ENGLISH – GRAMMAR
Use: (As soon as / No sooner… than
/ Hardly had …. When)
Use: As soon as:
Rules:
- By using as soon as we can join two separate sentences.
- Write As soon as before the sentence which shows first action.
- If in given single sentence there is a (as, when, or No sooner + helping verb) remove it and in place of it put as soon and connect other sentence by putting comma (,).
1. The driver saw a green signal. He started his car.
Ans: As soon as the driver saw a green signal, he started his car.
2. When the driver saw a green signal, he started his car,
Ans: As soon as the driver saw a green signal, he started his car.
3. As the driver saw green signal, he started his car.
Ans: As soon as the driver saw a green signal, he started his car.
4. He started his car as the driver saw green signal.
Ans: He started his car as soon as the driver saw green signal.
As soon as the driver saw a green signal, he started his car.
5. No sooner did the driver saw a green signal than he started his car.
Ans: As soon as the driver saw a green signal, he started his car.
Examples:
- I finish my homework. I help my mother.
- When he saw a tiger, he cried out.
- No sooner was he free than he came home.
- The boys rushed to the ground as the bell had rung.
- When I stood near the pool, I noticed bubbles in the water.
Use: No sooner……than
Formula: No sooner + Helping verb + s. +v. …. than (join another sentence) do, does, did. |
e.g. 1. The driver saw a green signal. He started his car.
Ans: No sooner did the driver see a green signal than he started his car.
Examples:
- I finish my homework. I help my mother.
Ans: No sooner do I finish my work than I help my mother.
Whenhe saw a tiger, he cried out.
Ans: No sooner did he see a tiger than he cried out.
As soon ashe was free, he came home.
Ans: No sooner was he free than he came home.
- The boys rushed to the ground as the bell had rung.
Ans: No sooner had the bell rung than the boys rushed to the ground.
- Hardly had I stood near the pool when I noticed bubbles in the water.
Ans: No sooner had I stood the pool than I noticed bubbles in the water.
Use: Hardly had ……when
Or
Scarcely had……when
Formula:
Hardly had + s. + ppv. + ……when (another sentence) |
Examples:
- I finish my homework. I help my mother.
Ans: Hardly had I finished my homework when I help my mother.
Whenhe saw a tiger, he cried out.
Ans: Hardly had he seen a tiger when he cried out.
Scarcely had he seen a tiger when he cried out.
- As soon as he was free, he came home.
Ans: Hardly had he freed when he came home.
Scarcely had he freed when he came home.
- The boys rushed to the ground as the bell had rung.
Ans: Hardly had the bell rung when the boys rushed to the ground
No sooner didI stand near the poolthanI noticed bubbles in the water.- Ans: Hardly had I stood near the pool when I noticed bubbles in the water.
EXAMPLES:
- The race started, we were looking for Ravi.
- I saw him looking at his watch. I decided to evaluate his wound.
- My eyes filled with tears when I heard the reply.
- They finished the job and got into the lift.
- No sooner did I find mobile than I became mad with joy.
- As soon as he came, she went away.