Hard and hardly



Exercise – 1

Fill in the blanks with hard or hardly.


1. He is so lazy, he (hard /hardly ) helps me with the housework.

2. This chair is too  (hard /hardly) for my grandfather to sit on.

3. Does a good worker work (hard /hardly) ?

4. This lesson is not (hard/ hardly ), it’s so easy.

5. Does your aunt usually come to your house? – No, she (hard /hardly) comes to see us.

6. Do the students work very (hard /hardly) in the classroom?

7. I (hard/ hardly) leave home before 7:00 in the morning.

8. Although my father is old, he works so ( hard /hardly)  !

9. Can that old man walk so fast all the time? No, he can (hard /hardly) walk.

10. How did they work? They worked very (hard/ hardly) .