Sunday, 22 July 2018

Words From The Same Family - Hard v Hardly



Hard (adj

1. Sth that is not easy to bend, break or cut.

  • I didn't get much sleep last night as the hotel bed was as hard as a rock.
  • John took the chicken out from the refrigerator over two hours ago but it's still really hard


2. Difficult.



  • I can only imagine how hard it must be being a single mother of two children.
  • Daniel's daughter always complains about Science being a hard subject.



3. Require effort.

  • Getting to the top of the hill was hard work but definitely worth it.
  • Try giving the door a good hard push and see if it opens.


Hardly (adverb) - barely, almost not.
  • The students sitting at the back of the class could hardly hear what the teacher was saying.
  • Hannah hardly ate anything today as she was down with a terrible flu.
  • The children hardly ever (= almost never) have time to do anything but study when they are preparing for their exams. 




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