Question

3. Choose the right adverb in each sentence.

1. Farm workers have to work. . . . ( hard/hardly) during the harvest.

2. Farm workers earn. . . ( hard/hardly) enough money to pay their bills.

3. The postman brings my mail so. . . ( late/lately), that I rarely see it before I go to work.

4. We have received a lot of mail. . . ( late/lately).

5. I’m sure the boss thinks very. . . ( high/highly) of you.

6. If you want to succeed , you should aim. . . ( high/highly).

7. Please, don’t go too. . . edge of the platform ( near/nearly).

8. I. . . . ( near/nearly) fell of the edge of the platform.

Answer 1

1. hard
2. hardly
3. late
4.lately
5. high
6. highly
7. near
8. nearly