As soon as the function got over. The crowd dispersed. (Begin- Hardly had ________)
Sub- Topic: Antonyms and Synonyms

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Hardly had the function got over when the crowd dispersed.

The function got over when the crowd dispersed.

The crowd dispersed hardly had the function got over.

None of these

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Concept- We know the usage of ‘as soon as’ and ‘hardly had’. Hence, we will replace ‘as soon as’ with ‘hardly had’, as they both have the identical meaning.
The above-given phrases are clauses. First, let’s understand about clauses:
Clauses are those sentences that have an issue and a verb to finish its meaning. they're of two types:
Independent Clauses- These clauses have a topic and a verb that express an entire thought.
Dependent Clauses- These clauses don't express an entire thought.
In the above question: we'd like to start the given sentence with ‘hardly had’ by replacing ‘as soon as’. Now, as explained above we all know that both ‘hardly had’ and ‘as soon as’ have the identical functions. Hence, we will conclude the subsequent points-
1)The first phrase- we all know that ‘As soon because the function got over’ may be a clause, because it doesn't express a whole thought.
2)The second phrase- we all know that ‘The crowd dispersed’ is an clause, because it expresses a whole thought.
3)We join two phrases with the assistance of subordinating conjunction to make a meaningful sentence.
4)Here, we will use the subordinating conjunction ‘when’, because it's wont to express time.
So, the right answer is- Hardly had the function got over when the group dispersed.
Hence, option 1 is correct.

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