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Sam
Hello, everyone. I’m Sam from BBC Learning English and today we are looking at five ways to use the word hard.
As an adjective describing a thing, it can mean the opposite of soft. For example: Wood is hard.
The opposite of easy. For example: The exam was hard.
And it can mean something that involves effort: Running a marathon is hard.
As an adverb describing an action, it can mean to do something with energy, such as: She works hard.
Or to use force. For example: He hit the ball hard.
Just be careful not to confuse it with hardly because that has a different meaning.
So not too hard, is it?
Hard
As an adjective, hard can mean:
The opposite of soft:
Wood is hard.
The opposite of easy:
The exam was hard.
Something involving effort:
Running a marathon is hard.
As an adverb, hard can mean:
Doing something with energy:
She works hard.
To use force:
He hit the ball hard.
Hard is not the same as hardly!