No Sooner...than: Kitchen Moments in Time 1

NO SOONER.....THAN

The formula for the structure No sooner do/does/did/had...than is as follows:

Formula:
No sooner + auxiliary verb (do/does/did/had) + subject + main verb (base form) + than + subject + verb (appropriate tense)

Explanation:
No sooner: This phrase indicates that one action happens immediately after another.

do/does/did/had: These auxiliary verbs are used depending on the tense you're referring to:

do is used for the present tense with subjects I, you, we, they.
does is used for the third-person singular subject (he, she, it) in the present tense.
did is used for the past tense, regardless of the subject.
had is used for the past perfect tense.
Here are examples of No sooner...than related to the kitchen, with Marathi translations:

1. No sooner had I placed the cake in the oven than the power went out.
(मी केक ओव्हनमध्ये ठेवला आणि लगेच वीज गेली.)

2. No sooner had I started chopping vegetables than the knife slipped from my hand. (मी भाज्या चिरायला सुरुवात केली आणि लगेच चाकू हातून घसरला.)

3. No sooner had the tea started boiling than it spilled over the stove.
(चहा उकळायला लागला आणि लगेच गॅसवर उतू गेला.)

4. No sooner had I taken the pot off the stove than the handle broke.
(मी भांडे गॅसवरून उतरवले आणि लगेच त्याचे हँडल तुटले.)

5. No sooner had I opened the jar of pickles than its smell filled the kitchen.
(मी लोणच्याची बरणी उघडली आणि लगेच त्याचा वास स्वयंपाकघरात पसरला.)