Multiple choice

Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate option from the given choices: He hit the ball ____________.

  1. Hardly

  2. harder

  3. hard

  4. hardest

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In this context, 'hard' is an adverb meaning with great force. 'Hardly' is an adverb meaning 'barely' or 'scarcely', which would change the meaning of the sentence incorrectly.