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