Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions:
She had only just begun to speak when people started interrupting.
A. She hardly had begun to speak when people started interrupting.
B. Hardly she had begun to speak when people started interrupting.
C. Hardly had she begun to speak when people started interrupting.
D. She hadn’t begun to speak when people started interrupting
Đáp án C
She had only just begun to speak when people started interrupting. (Cô chỉ vừa mới bắt đầu nói khi người ta bắt đầu làm gián đoạn.)
= C. Hardly had she begun to speak when people started interrupting. (Cô ấy vừa nói thì người ta bắt đầu làm gián đoạn.)
Cấu trúc đảo ngữ với Hardly: Hardly + had + S + Vpp +… + when + mệnh đề quá khứ đơn.