Question

"Did you speak to Juliet?" "No, I've ______ seen her."*
nearly
hardly
often
always

Answer 1

Answer:

hardly is the correct answer

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer will be -

"Did you speak to Juliet?" "No, I've hardly seen her."

Explanation:

• All the four options are Adverbs.
• "Nearly" means "almost".
• "Hardly" means "seldom" or "very rare".
• "Often" means "most of the time".
• "Always" means "all the time".

Here the given sentence is to be filled with such a word that is used in negative sense. Among these four given adverbs, "nearly", "often" and "always" - these three adverbs denote positive sense.

Only "hardly" denotes negative sense.

Thus the given blank will be filled with "hardly"-

"Did you speak to Juliet?" "No, I've hardly seen her."

Some more examples using the adverb "hardly"-

1. I have hardly talked to him. (It means I have rarely talked to him)
2. He had hardly read anything. (It means that he had read almost nothing)
3. They have hardly told anything. (It means they have told almost nothing)

So it is clear that in all the above sentences, "hardly" is used in a negative sense.

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