Question:
The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon start to blame each other.
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A.
As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match. -
B.
No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match. -
C.
Not only did the basketball team lose the match but they blamed each other as well. -
D.
Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.
Reference explanation:
Correct Answer: EASY
Answer D.
The basketball team knows they lost the game. They soon began to blame each other.
We have the structure:
– not only + inversion + but + S + also + V…: not only … but also
– Hardly + inversion + when + clause: as soon as = No sooner + inversion + than + clause.
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