Rearrange the following parts to form a meaningful sentence:
A. five O'clock had hardly struck
B. when Bessie brought a candle into my closet
C. and found me already up and neatly dressed
D. on the morning of nineteenth of January,
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Rearrange the following parts to form a meaningful sentence:
A. five O'clock had hardly struck
B. when Bessie brought a candle into my closet
C. and found me already up and neatly dressed
D. on the morning of nineteenth of January,
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 3
The structure is hardly had struck when, so A must precede B. D supplies the time adverbial and sits after A. B introduces Bessie's entry and C adds the second verb found, joined by and. The order is A, D, B, C.