Question

9. Read the following sentences carefully and decide which forms are appropriate in the given context: near/ly, hard/ly, late/ly, high/ly, wide/ly.
1) She was standing _____ enough to hear what they were talking about. 2) I listened _____ but couldn’t understand a word.
3) There is _____ any difference between these two methods.
4) Professor Tomas is a _____ regarded mathematician.
5) I’ve been teaching at this University for _____ ten years. 6) His views on tuition fees are _____ known.
7) People over 70 travel _____ on public transport.
8) Information is _____ available on the Internet.
9) The house was built on a hill _____ above the sea.
10) To change the programme at the last minute is _____ impossible.
11) I could _____ understand a word.
12) The company _____ went bankrupt last year, but _____ things have been looking up. 13) Better _____ than never.
14) She lives _____ here.
15) I can’t get the figures right, no matter how _____ I try.
16) At 4 a.m. she was still _____ awake.

Answer 1

1 near 2 near 3 hardly 4 highly 5 nearly 6 widely 7 nearly 8 widely 9 nearly 10 hardly 11 hardly 12 hardly lately 14 late 15 hard 16 hardly