Question 4 - Jumbled sentences - Grammar - English Class 11

Choose the correct option and rearrange the following words or phrases to make meaningful sentences

he/ stepped out/ had/ hardly/ it/ began/ when/ to rain

(A) He had hardly stepped out when it began to rain.

(B) Hardly he stepped out when it had began to rain.

(C) Hardly had he stepped out when it began to rain.

(D) Hardly it had began to rain when he stepped out.

Answer:

Option (B) , (C) and (D) will be eliminated as they do not form any meaning or sense.

So, the correct answer is

(A) He had hardly stepped out when it began to rain.