Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:
The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.
A: Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.
B: Not only did the basketball team lose the match but they blamed each other as well.
C: No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match.
D: As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match.
Đáp án A
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=> Cấu trúc Hardly had S+ Ved when S+ quá khứ đơn
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