Hopefully you have done the activity on "Hard" and that on "Hardly" in this chapter. Now see if you can choose the correct word in this exercise.
When you get the correct answer to each question you will see a paraphrase of the "hard" clause which may help you to understand the meaning in that case.
Gladstone the politician was also a writer but his books are _____ ever read these days.
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hardly
Gladstone the politician was also a writer but people would find his books rather _____ to read these days.
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hardly
George tried as _____ as he could to sing "Old Man River" but he just couldn't get those bottom notes.
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hardly
George tried to sing "Old Man River" but he could _____ remember the first two lines.
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hardly
Our financial situation is worse than last year but it is _____ a crisis.
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hardly
For three weeks after the operation on his leg Peter could _____ walk.
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hardly
For three weeks after the operation on his leg it was very _____ for Peter to walk.
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hardly
The team played as _____ as they could and managed to win by one goal.
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hardly
This ten dollar note is false but it is _____ to tell the difference between the forgery and a real one.
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hardly
This ten dollar note is false but you can _____ see the difference between the forgery and a real one.
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hardly
It's _____ to start the car when the weather is cold and damp.
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hardly
We have _____ any information about the situation in Darfur.
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hardly
We have been trying _____ to get information about the situation in Darfur.
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hardly
The government in Khartoum seems _____ to be interested in the situation in Darfur.
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hardly
The car got stuck in the mud. We all had to push as _____ as we could to get it out.
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The car got stuck in the mud. We all got out to push but we could _____ move it and in the end we had to call a garage.
Level 5 Unit 1 - Hard vs Hardly (3) a contrast