Ex 1: Choose the best answer.
 
1. He doesn't get up early on Sundays. He gets up_______
a. late
b. lately
c. slowly
d. hardly
2. The write can't see aunt Licy_______ He's having breakfast.
a. still
b. now
c. often
d. always
3. He was a friendly waiter. He spoke to the writer_______
a. friendly
b. as friends
c. like friends
d. in a friendly ways
4. He spent the whole day in his room. He was in his room _______
a. the whole
b. the all
c. all day
d. all of
5. Bill is a harder worker. He works_______ than Joe.
a. harder
b. more hard
c. more hardly
d. hardier
6. Every year the writer_______ enters for the garden competition.
a. every
b. also
c. and
d. to
7. The writer had_______ reached the town when the young man spoke.
a. often
b. almost
c. sometimes
d. just as
8. She couldn't find her bag. It wasn't _______
a. their
b. theirs
c. they're
d. there
9. Do you still want them? Do you_______ want them?
a. yet
b. even
c. now
d. more
10. Both girls write to each other regularly. They write_______
a. frequently
b. occasionally
c. sometimes
d. now again
11. They will travel faster. They will travel_______
a. sooner
b. more quickly
c. hurriedly
d. shorter
12. Why did they kick the ball so_______?
a. hardly
b. hard
c. hardy
d. hardly
13. That was all she remembered. She couldn't remember_______
a. some more
b. any more
c. no more
d. none more
14. Ted has been worried all week and he's_______ worried.
a. even
b. still
c. yet
d. any more
15. The car was easy to recognize so it wasn't _______ difficult for the police to catch the thieves.
a. much
b. very
c. many
d. too
16. He got such a fright. He was_______ frightened.
a. so
b. such
c. such as
d. a so
17. It was more than he could bear. he couldn't bear it_______
a. more
b. longer
c. any longer
d. no more
18. He had hardly had time to settle down_______ he had settled down.
a. no sooner
b. as soon as
c. scarcely
d. hardly
19. We were very much surprised. We were_______ surprised.
a. more
b. many
c. most
d. the most
20. He brought almost everything in the window. He brought_______
a. nearly
b. scarcely
c. hardly
d. already