In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘no improvement’.
No sooner he had come to the office than the boss started rebuking him for his wrongdoings.
A. He has come to the office
B. Had he come to the office
C. No improvement
D. Had he been come to the office
Sol:
Replace ‘he had come to the office’ with ‘had he come to the office’, when no sooner/scarcely/hardly etc. are used in a sentence we use ‘inversion’, which means the helping verb comes before the subject.