Standard English Primary 6 Grammar

Scarcely had Jun Jie stepped out of the shopping mall ________ it started to pour heavily.

A before
B than
C when
D then
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Step 1: Identify the sentence structure. The sentence starts with the negative adverb "Scarcely". Step 2: Recall the grammatical rule. The word "scarcely" is always paired with the conjunction "when" to indicate that one event happened almost immediately after another. Answer: when

Correct answer: when

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