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      • When it is an adverb, it means ‘needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort’. It goes after the main verb: I studied hard for my exams but didn’t do very well. We have worked hard all day.
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  1. Feb 21, 2024 · Some examples of adverbs for ‘hard’ include: Their story is hard to believe. The difficult exam was a testament to his hard work and dedication throughout the semester.

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  2. Hard is both an adjective and an adverb. When it is an adverb, it means ‘needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort’. It goes after the main verb: I studied hard for my exams but didn’t do very well. We have worked hard all day. The comparative and superlative forms are harder and hardest: He didn’t get into the team this year.

  3. Hard work requires either physical strength or mental effort. Now ‘hard’ is an adjective, but what about the adverb? That’s ‘hard’ too. The adjective and adverb forms are the same. The adverbhard’ means with energy or force. It’s raining hard. It’s snowing hard. If we hit things hard it means we hit them with force.

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    • She quickly finished her homework.
    • He spoke softly to avoid waking the baby.
    • The car moved smoothly down the highway.
    • They laughed heartily at the joke.
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    My friend arrived _______ to the party. (late / lately)
    He worked _______ with his boss during that project. (close / closely)
    I hate when people drive _______ on the freeway. (slow / slowly)
    The mother told her son to stay _______ to her as they walked through the crowd. (close / closely)
    My friend arrived lateto the party.
    He worked closelywith his boss during that project.
    I hate when people drive slow (or slowly)on the freeway.
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    Can your students guess which adverbs belong in the following famous quote? Can they explain the meaning? Other adverbs with two forms that you may wish to explore with your students include: fair/fairly, fine/finely, free/freely, high/highly, just/justly, most/mostly, near/nearly, pretty/prettily, right/rightly, sharp/sharply, well/goodly, wide/wi...

  4. Definition of hard adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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  6. Hard” is used in the phrase Working Hard to indicate that a person is working a lot. In this case, “hard” is an adverb which tells us that the person working is focused and doing a good job. Hardly Working indicates that the person is doing almost nothing!

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