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AS SOON AS NO SOONER THAN

As soon as + first event+ (,) comma + next event/incident.


As soon as I get up, I brush my teeth.

As soon as I brush teeth, I take tea.

As soon as I take tea, I read newspaper.


No sooner + प्रथम घडलेली क्रिया + than + नंतर घडलेली क्रिया.


No sooner + first event + than + next event.


No sooner do I read newspaper than I take bath.

No sooner do I take bath than I get ready for the class.

No sooner does the teacher enter the class than we greet him.

No sooner did Sachin take retirement than he was announced the Bharat Ratna.

Hardly had the egg fallen when it broke into pieces.

Hardly had he reached the station when the train left the platform.

वरिल उदाहरणासारखे अनेक वाक्य आपल्याला बनवीता येते. as soon as चे वाक्य no sooner ....than मध्ये बदलुन लिहीण्यासोबतच स्वताला त्या रचना वापरता आल्या पाहीजेत. तेव्हाच खर्‍या अर्थाने Grammar चा उपयोग भाषा शिकण्यासाठि होइल.

Use No sooner....than
1. As soon as / when च्या जागेवर No sooner ठेवावे

2. त्यासमोर साह्यकारि क्रियापद वापरावे.

3. नसल्यास do/does/did या पैकी एक काळानुसार वापरावे.

4. नंतर कर्ता ठेवुन क्रियापदाचे योग्य रुप वापरावे.

5. उर्वरित शब्द लिहून (,)comma च्या ऐवजी than वापरुन पुढिल वाक्य लीहावे.

6. as soon as वाक्याच्या मध्ये असल्यास No sooner ...than वापरतांना as soon as च्या पुढील वाक्य प्रथम वाक्य समजावे व as soon as च्या अगोदर असणार्‍या वाक्य than नंतर वापरावे.

7. As soon as चे वाक्य होकारार्थी असते तर No sooner ...than चे वाक्य नकारार्थी असते.

8. As soon as चे वाक्य Positive Degree असते तर No sooner ...than चे वाक्य Comparative Degree असते.


1. As soon as the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, the Franks were trapped.

No sooner did the the Nazis invade the Netherlands than the Franks were trapped.
2. As soon as the ground gets dry, the play will start.

No sooner does the ground get dry than the play will start.
3. As soon as I enter the class room, they greet me 'Good Morning'.

No sooner do I enter the class room than they greet me 'Good Morning'.
4. As soon as he had finished his work, he set out for home.

No sooner had he finished his work than he set out for home.
5. The thief ran away as soon as he saw the police.

No sooner did the thief see the police than he ran away.
6. When the bell rings, the students rush out of the class.

No sooner does the bell ring than the students rush out of the class.
7.The moment he came home, he switched on the television.

No sooner he came home than he switched on the television.
8. Authorities planned to seal the mine off as soon as the rescue effort was abandoned.

No sooner was the rescue effort abandoned than authorities planned to seal the mine off.
9. As he drifted off to sleep, he pictured guardian angels hovering over him.

No sooner did he drift off to sleep than he pictured guardian angels hovering over him.
10. She was laughing. He fell on the floor.
As soon as he fell on the floor, she was laughing.
No sooner did he fall on the floor than she was laughing.