Direction: In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is No Improvement.
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No sooner had he reaching the station than the train began to move.
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- No sooner had he reach the station than the train begins to move.
- No sooner did he reaching the station than the train began to move.
- No sooner had he reached the station than the train began to move.
- No improvement
Correct Option: C
The structure is :
No sooner did he reach .....
No sooner had he reached....
In this case, no sooner is used to talk about something that happens immediately after something else.
Hence, Past Per. Tense – had reached is the right usage.
