Question

Choose the option that best fills the blank:
No sooner had I received her text, ____ I left for her house.

• A. but
• B. than
• C. when
• D. for

Answer 1

The correct option is B than

Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together.

The structure no sooner is used to talk about something that happens immediately after something else. When no sooner comes at the beginning of a sentence, we use inverted word order. That means the auxiliary verb comes before the subject. The conjunction 'No sooner ---- than' is also used to denote simultaneous actions. The given sentence depicts that as soon as I received her text, I left for her house immediately. These two activities take place almost simultaneously. There is no real time difference between them. Thus Option B is correct. Option A can be ruled out as but is used to introduce a word or phrase that contrasts with what was said before.'For' explains reason or sights purpose.Thus Option D can be ruled out.We can use 'when' to introduce a single completed event that takes place in the middle of a longer activity or event. In these cases, we usually use a continuous verb in the main clause to describe the background event. Thus Option C is incorrect as it cannot be used along with 'no sooner'.