Step 3 - Grammar

Grammar
Let’s look at adjectives and adverbs.

An adjective describes a noun. It comes before the noun.

An adverb describes the verb, adjective, or another adverb.

Some words can be used as both adjectives and adverbs.

Do the exercise.

Late and hard are adverbs. But they have a different meaning to lately and hardly, which are also adverbs.
Lately = recently
Hardly = almost never/not

Jack was studying late last night. (late = the time when he studied)
I’ve been studying a lot lately. (lately = recently)
Maggie worked hard for her exam. (hard = describes how she worked)
Maggie did hardly any work for her exam. (hardly any work = almost no work)

You can put hardly before the verb or before any + noun.
I hardly see her any more.
She did hardly any work.

Read the theory about adjectives and adverbs in the Grammar Desk.

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