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- Exam: CAE
- Course:
SUPPORT DOCUMENTS - KEY WORD TRANSFORMATIONS
Instructions
Complete the sentences by dragging and dropping, or typing the correct word, or its corresponding letter, into the answer box.
Once all the sentences have been completed, click on CHECK to identify mistakes.
If the word chosen is correct, it will show in green.
If the word chosen is not correct, it will show in red, and when that happens, try another word and press the CHECK button again until all the answers show in green.
HARDLY, HARDLY EVER, HARDLY ANY
Theory:
HARDLY is used to mean nearly nothing, and BARELY is a synonym.
EXAMPLE: I could HARDLY walk.
This means I could barely walk, or that my ability to walk was nearly negligible or zero.
HARDLY is often used with EVER to give HARDLY EVER.
HARDLY EVER means nearly never.
EXAMPLE:
I HARDLY EVER drink beer, or I nearly never drink beer.
HARDLY is also often used with ANY to give HARDLY ANY.
HARDLY ANY means nearly nothing.
EXAMPLE: I have HARDLY ANY money in my pocket, or I have nearly no money in my pocket.
HARDLY ANY is used to transform very little, or almost none.
Given THERE IS ALMOST NO PETROL LEFT IN THE CAR.
This is transformed into:
THERE IS HARDLY ANY PETROL LEFT IN THE CAR.
Exercises:
Transform the following sentences using the key words given.
The transformed sentences ned to have the same meaning as the originals.
- I was surprised there was almost no sugar left in the kitchen.
HARDLY
I was surprised there was (1) sugar in the kitchen.
- I was so tired that I I found it very difficult to think.
HARDLY
I was so tired that i could (2) think.
- We lived so far from each other that we nearly never met.
HARDLY
We lived so far from each other that we (3) met.
Possible answers:
- A) hardly any
- B) hardly ever
- C) hardly