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Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Hardly we had boarded the train when it started to move.

Option 1: will we boarded

Option 2: we are boarded

Option 3: is we boarded

Option 4: had we boarded


Team Careers360 6th Jan, 2024
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Correct Answer: had we boarded


Solution : The correct answer is the fourth option.

The original sentence contains an incorrect word order. When using "hardly" to introduce a time-related event or action, it is typically followed by the auxiliary verb and then the subject. The correct structure is, "Hardly + had + subject + past participle verb".

Therefore, the correct sentence is, "Hardly had we boarded the train when it started to move".

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