He came late. / I haven’t seen him lately.
The team played fair. / He did fairly well in his examination.
My grandparents live quite near. / I nearly made a mistake.
We had to work hard. / They could hardly find their way.
The boy climbed high up the tree. / She is highly interested in history.
He studied deep into the night. / He is deeply grateful for our support..
The car stopped short at the gate. (in an abrupt way; suddenly) / He will come shortly (= soon).
Please be back at 6 o’clock sharp. / The father spoke sharply to the boy.
You guessed wrong. / He was wrongly accused of the crime.
Direct: by the shortest route / Directly: immediately
Free: without cost / Freely: willing
Last: after all others / Lastly: finally
1 HARD OR HARDLY
1 She must be very fit. She ______seems to get tired.
2 I tried really ______to get her to change her mind, but she’s very headstrong!
3 Are you sure that this is the right place for the aerobics class? There’s______here.
4 Can you work out this logic problem for me? I think it’s quite______.
5 There’s ______near here to go cycling.
6 We can’t cook a meal - there’s ______in the fridge.
7 I don’t think we’ll be able to plant the seeds today. The ground’s too______.
8 Let’s go to the cinema. We ______go out during the week.
2 CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1 - He works ...... hardly hard
2 - He followed the lecture ......
close closely
3 - They ...... do any work hardly hard
4 - She ...... refused to help flat flatly
5 - It's supposed to be a secret, but it is ...... known widely wide
6 - The dentist asked her to open her mouth ...... widely wide
7 - That idiot ...... crashed into us
near nearly
8 - He always comes ...... late lately
9 - She's been coming here every day ......
late lately
10 - Pensioners can travel ____ on local buses free freely
11 - The road runs ...... the town centre nearly near
12 - No one laughed; the joke fell ......
Flat flatly
13 - She's ...... thought of by her colleagues high highly
14 - Feeling ran ...... during the conflict
high highly
15 - Homeless people have to sleep ...... rough roughly
16 - The police treated the hooligans ...... rough roughly
17 - He's driving ...... behind us right rightly
18 - Everybody was ...... worried about his drink problem right rightly
3 CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1 English and German are (close/closely) related.
2 There is still a very (close/closely) bond between mother and daughter.
3 Jack is good at tennis and he always plays (fair/fairly)
4 He did (fair/fairly) well in his examination.
5 The decision to elect him as chairman was (just/justly) made.
6 Did you catch the plane? - Yes, I got there (just/justly) in time.
7 The athletes have been practising very (hard/hardly) for Athens.
6 I could (hard/hardly) hear him at the back.
7 Amnesty International says that several people are (wrong/wrongly) imprisoned.
8 Something has gone (wrong/wrongly) with my car.
9 I've (near/nearly) finished the book you gave me.
10 My grandparents live quite (near/nearly)
11 Fortunately, my best friend lives very (close/closely) by.
12 I think you have spent too much money (late/lately).
13 They always get home (late/lately) on weekends.
14 You'll have to hit the ball quite (high/highly) to get it over that net.
15 The Concorde used to fly much (high/highly)
16 He's very (high/highly) thought of within the company.
17 Their son has been a (deep/deeply) disappointment to them.
18 He is (deep/deeply) grateful for our support.
19 The car stopped (short, shortly) at the gate.
20 He will come (short, shortly).
21 Please be back at 6 o’clock (sharp/sharply).
22 The father spoke (sharp/sharply) to the boy.
23 The road bends (sharp/sharply) to the left.
than most other airplanes.
3 CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. The coach watched the swimmers (close/closely).
2. Mark is good at swimming and he always plays (fair/fairly)
3. In my opinion the decision to choose him was (just/justly) made.
4. I (hard/hardly) think we´ll have a chance against the other team.
5. We have been practising very (hard/hardly) for Sports Day.
6. A plane was flying (high/highly) in the sky.
7. Amnesty International says that a lot of people are (wrong/wrongly) sent to prison.
8. Mark visits his girl-friend (fair/fairly) often.
9. The job is (near/nearly) finished.
10. Did you catch the train? - Yes I got there (just/justly) in time.
11. You got back from the tennis club very (late/lately) in the evening.
12. Fortunately, my best friend lives very (close/closely) by.