Question

Sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar as possible to sentence A.
Example: (A) No sooner had the match finished than it began to rain.
(B) Hardly _________.
Answer: Hardly had the match finished when it began to rain.
(A) The book I had read earlier was better than this book.
(B) This book is _____________

Answer 1

This book is not as good as the book I had read earlier.