Question : Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
Hardly had he disappeared that her mother clomped down the steps, looking for him.
Option 1: Hardly did he disappeared that her mother
Option 2: Hardly had he disappear that her mother
Option 3: No improvement required
Option 4: Hardly had he disappeared when her mother
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Correct Answer: Hardly had he disappeared when her mother
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation: The sentence employs past perfect tense to indicate an action that occurred before another past action. "Hardly had he disappeared" is a correct usage of past perfect, indicating that his disappearance happened just before her mother descended the steps. Hardly is followed by when as they form a pair of correlative conjunctions.
So, the correct sentence would be: "Hardly had he disappeared when her mother clomped down the steps, looking for him."
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