Unfortunately, her illness was ________ than we thought at first.

The plane had hardly left the airport when the accident happened.

=> No sooner .........................................................................................................................

 I took little notice of the girl standing at the gate.

=> I didn’t pay .......................................................................................................................

The following electric vehicles are all mentioned in the passage EXCEPT .

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

But as well as being nice to look at, trees also (21) ___________ an important role in improving the quality of our lives.