The phone stopped ringing the moment I got downstairs.

14/45

No sooner had the phone stopped ringing than I got downstairs.

After the phone had stopped ringing, I got downstairs.

Hardly had the phone stopped ringing when I got downstairs.

No sooner had I got downstairs than the phone stopped ringing.

Giải thích

Đáp án đúng: C

Cấu trúc đảo ngữ:

Hardly had + S + Ved/3 when + S + Ved/2 = ngay khi ... thì

Dịch nghĩa: The phone stopped ringing the moment I got downstairs. (Điện thoại ngừng reo ngay khi tôi vừa xuống cầu thang.)

= Hardly had the phone stopped ringing when I got downstairs. (Vừa khi điện thoại ngừng reo thì tôi xuống cầu thang.)