Working Hard or Hardly Working
English has so many irregulars!
Recently, I was working on adjectives and adverbs with one of my students. Adjectives describe things/nouns and adverbs describe actions/verbs. Most adverbs are made up of an adjective+ly, but there are a few irregulars that don't take the LY, such as good, fast, hard (well, fast, hard). I should have emphasised the irregulars more, I guess.
At the end of class, I gave him an assignment for the next class to make up some sentences about the student and his work, using adverbs . The next week, the student said "I hardly work at my job." I said, "Really? Does your boss know this?" My student replied, "Yes, I tell him." At first my student didn't understand my smile. We discussed the irregulars again, then I told him that "hardly" meant scarcely or slightly, and I gave him some examples. We had a good laugh about "hardly working". This student does work hard. All of his other adverb sentences were great.
How about you - are you working hard, or hardly working this week?
8 comments:
A bit of both this week 😁😁
Oh, I'm really working hard, this Week !
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Aaah, the wonders of English language, indeed! I LOVE it :)
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xoxo
Nadine
I would hate to have to learn English as a second language. So many words don't make sense when you think about them!
Ha, ha! I, too, have often had to explain the difference between hard and hardly.
This week, I am working hard, but not on my hobby stitching!
Hi Pamela this made me smile,i just go at my own pace now,i enjoy being at home pottering around,hope you have a lovely day my friend xx
English is such a difficult language. All your students much work very hard.
Ha, ha!
Yes, English is hard to understand!
I’m sure your students try very hard!
Have a lovely weekend, Pamela!
Hugs,
Barbara xx
I'm usually hardly working on Mondays and working hard the rest of the week! Haha.
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