Choose the correct sentence.
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Choose the correct sentence.
1: Hardly we entered the house, when the phone started ringing.
2: Hardly had we entered the house, when the phone started ringing.
3: Hardly had we entered the house, than the phone started ringing.
4: Hardly when we entered the house, the phone started ringing.
अचूक उत्तर: पर्याय (२) Hardly had we entered the house, when the phone started ringing.
स्पष्टीकरण:
'Hardly... when' या रचनेच्या व्याकरण नियमांनुसार पर्याय (२) हे एकमेव अचूक वाक्य आहे.
तपशीलवार विश्लेषण:
१.
Inversion चा नियम: जेव्हा वाक्य 'Hardly' ने सुरू होते, तेव्हा सहाय्यकारी क्रियापद कर्त्याच्या आधी येते (Negative Inversion).
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रचना: Hardly + had + Subject + V3...
२.
Correlative Conjunction चा नियम: 'Hardly' सोबत नेहमी 'when' हेच उभयान्वयी अव्यय येते ('than' कधीही येत नाही).
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रचना: Hardly had + Sub + V3 + ... + when + Sub + V2...
→ *"Hardly had we entered the house, when the phone started ringing."* (पर्याय २ अचूक).
३.
इतर पर्यायांमधील चुका:
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पर्याय (१): Inversion केलेले नाही (*Hardly we entered...* चूक).
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पर्याय (३): 'when' ऐवजी चुकीचे 'than' वापरले आहे ('than' हे No sooner सोबत येते).
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पर्याय (४): 'Hardly when' एकत्र वापरणे अशुद्ध आहे.
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परीक्षेसाठी अतिशय महत्त्वाच्या जोड्या:
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Hardly had ... when
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Scarcely had ... when
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Barely had ... when
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No sooner did/had ... than
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English Explanation / स्पष्टीकरण:
Correct Answer: Option (2) Hardly had we entered the house, when the phone started ringing.
Explanation:
The sentence tests the correlative structure and negative inversion associated with 'Hardly... when'.
Detailed Analysis:
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Rule of Inversion: Fronting the negative adverb *Hardly* requires subject-auxiliary inversion:
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Formula: Hardly + had + Subject + Past Participle (V3)...
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Correlative Conjunction: *Hardly* obligatorily pairs with 'when' (never *than* or *then*):
→ *Hardly had we entered the house, when the phone started ringing.* (Option 2).
3.
Why other options are incorrect:
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Option (1): Lacks inversion (*Hardly we entered* is ungrammatical).
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Option (3): Uses incorrect correlative *than* (which pairs only with *No sooner*).
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Option (4): Unnatural syntax (*Hardly when*).
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Remember the pairs:
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Hardly ... when
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Scarcely ... when
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No sooner ... than