Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable option:

Lilian works very ________.

• A. hard
• B. hardly
• C. kind
• D. rigid

Answer 1

The correct option is A hard

Here very represents the adverb of degree and quantity. Also, the word hard is an adverb here which means diligently . Note that an adverb is used to modify not only a verb but also an adjective and an adverb. Thus, a person will work very hard.

Hardly is also an adverb but it means scarcely or barely, which fails to make any sense in the given statement. The last two options could have been used had they ended in ly. Adding ly would have made these adjectives into adverbs.