Hard and Hardly

Hard

Hard (adjective)

When something is difficult to understand or do, it is hard.

These questions are too hard for me.
Learning another language is hard.
She was given a hard task.
I'm tired. I've been working hard all day.

Hard (ajective)

When something is solid, firm and difficult to break or bend.

A hard metal chair.
Wait for the concrete to go hard.
Diamonds are the hardest materials known to man.
The ground is hard after last night's cold weather.

Hardly

Hardly (adverb)

Hardly means only just, almost not possible or almost not at all.

I've got hardly any money left.
I hardly know her.
I could hardly hear what she was saying.
I could hardly speak any English when I was young.

Now complete these sentences with the correct word to complete each sentence:

• 1) I find it ___ to wake up in the morning.
  
  hard
  hardly
  
  
• 2) The dish broke on the ___ floor.
  
  hardly
  hard
  
  
• 3) You ___ ever call me anymore.
  
  hard
  hardly
  
  
• 4) She always finds it ___ to remember people's names.
  
  hard
  hardly
  
  
• 5) I had ___ sat down when someone knocked on the front door.
  
  hard
  hardly
  
  
• 6) He's ___ studied for the exam.
  
  hardly
  hard
  
  
• 7) It was the ___ thing I have ever done.
  
  hard
  harder
  hardest
  
  
• 8) ___ a day goes by without my father calling me.
  
  Hardly
  Hard
  
  
• 9) This is ___ the time to discuss this matter.
  
  hard
  hardly
  
  
• 10) We were finding it ___ to concentrate.
  
  hard
  hardly