Adjectives and adverbs 2
(well/ fast/ late, hard/ hardly)
形容詞と副詞その2です。その1はこちら。
Good/ well
Good is an adjective. The adverb is well:
Your English is good.
but
You speak English well.
Susan is a good pianist.
but
Susan plays the piano well.
We use well (not good) with past participles (dressed/ known etc):
well-dressed, well-known, well-educated, well-paid
Gary’s father is a well-known writer.
But well is also an adjective with the meaning ‘in good health’:
How are you today?
I’m very well, thanks.
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Fast/ hard/ late
These words are both adjectives and adverbs:
Fast/ hard/ lateは形容詞と副詞どちらも使います。
adjective
Darren is a very fast runner.
Kate is a hard worker.
I was late.
adverb
Darren can run very fast.
Kate works hard.
I got up late this morning.
Lately = recently
Have you seen Tom lately?
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Hardly
Hardly = very little, almost not
Sarah wasn’t very friendly at the party. She hardly spoke to me.
(=she spoke to me very little, almost not at all)
We’ve only met once or twice. We hardly know each other.
Hard and hardly are different. Compare:
hardとhardlyでは意味がまったく異なります。
He tried hard to find a job, but he had no luck.
I’m not surprised he didn’t find a job. He hardly tried.
I can hardly do something = it’s very difficult for me, almost impossible:
Your writing is terrible. I can hardly read it.
(= it is almost impossible to read it)
My leg was hurting. I could hardly walk.
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Hardly + any/ anybody/ anyone/ anything/ anywhere:
A: How much money have got?
B: Hardly any.
These two cameras are very similar.
There’s hardly any different between them.
The exam results were very bad.
Hardly anybody in our class passed.
Note that you can say:
She said hardly anything.
or
She hardly said anything.
We’ve got hardly any money.
or
We’ve hardly got any money.
Hardly ever = almost never:
I’m nearly always at home in the evenings.
I hardly ever go out.
Hardly also means ‘certainly not’.
It’s hardly surprising that you’re tired.
You haven’t slept for three days.
The situation is serious, but it’s hardly a crisis.
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