Q. Fill in the blank: Hardly had the train left ______ it started raining.
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
than
Explanation: The correlative pair is "Hardly...than" (or sometimes "No sooner...than").
"Hardly" and "No sooner" are always followed by "than", not "when" or "then."
Example: Hardly had I reached home than the phone rang.
"Hardly" and "No sooner" are always followed by "than", not "when" or "then."
Example: Hardly had I reached home than the phone rang.
Explanation by: Admin
The correlative pair is "Hardly...than" (or sometimes "No sooner...than").
"Hardly" and "No sooner" are always followed by "than", not "when" or "then."
Example: Hardly had I reached home than the phone rang.
"Hardly" and "No sooner" are always followed by "than", not "when" or "then."
Example: Hardly had I reached home than the phone rang.