Final answer:
The sentence should be rewritten using 'No sooner' at the beginning, followed by the auxiliary verb and subject inversion and the word 'than'. The sentence should be written as 'No sooner had the van overtaken the car than it had a puncture.'
Step-by-step explanation:
The student provided a sentence that needs to be restructured using the phrase 'No sooner'. The correct structure following the use of 'No sooner' should include than + past simple, with the subject and auxiliary verb inverted after 'no sooner'. For instance, 'No sooner had the van overtaken the car than it had a puncture.'
Auxiliary verbs, also known as helping verbs, add functional or grammatical meaning to the clauses in which they appear. They perform their functions in several different ways one of which is by expressing tense (providing a time reference, i.e. past, present, or future)
Auxiliary verbs almost always appear together with a main verb, and though there are only a few of them, they are among the most frequently occurring verbs in the English language.