Question

Fill in the blank with the most suitable adverb:
The tea is _______ hot; I cannot drink it. Let it cool down a bit.

• A. Hardly
• B. Scarcely
• C. Hard
• D. Too

Answer 1

The correct option is D Too

The given sentence requires an adverb before the word 'hot'. We could have used option A 'hardly', but the later part of the sentence says 'Let it cool down a little bit', which means that the tea is very hot.

Hence we can't say that the tea was hardly hot. Thus option A is incorrect.

We could have used option B 'scarcely hot' which means 'hardly/barely hot', but we need an adverb that can replace the meaning of 'very hot'. Thus option B is incorrect.

Option C is incorrect, as 'Hard' here is an adjective whereas we need an adverb.

Option D is correct, the correct sentence is - The tea is too hot; I cannot drink. Let it cool down a bit. 'Too hot' means very hot, thus it describes the degree of how hot the tea is.