Question : Direction: Fill in the blank with the correct word/phrase.
You would hardly have known the young prince ______the time came for him to appear before his grandfather.
Option 1: than
Option 2: when
Option 3: as
Option 4: that
Correct Answer:
when
Solution : The correct answer is option 2
Explanation:
- A conjunction is a word that connects other words, phrases, or sentences.
- Correlatives conjunctions are are used in pairs.
These are: no sooner...than, scarcely...when, both...and, although...yet, not only...but also, neither...nor, and so on.
- As an example, he is fluent in both English and French.
- As an example, the teacher had barely seen the pupil when he began studying.
- 'Hardly' and 'when' make a correlative pair.
- So the correct word is 'when'.
Correct sentence:You would hardly have known the young prince when the time came for him to appear before his grandfather.
