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    Question

    The poor man’s  son is working very hardly.

    Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the bold  segment in the given sentence.
    A No improvement Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B was working very hardly Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C is being worked hard Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D is working very hard Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    "Hardly" means "barely" or "scarcely," but the intended meaning is to describe effort, so "hard" is the correct adverb here. Therefore, the corrected sentence is: The poor man’s  son is working very hard.

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