Bên cạnh HƯỚNG DẪN TỪNG BƯỚC CÁCH LÀM BÀI TẬP MẪU IELTS READING DẠNG FILL IN THE GAP, IELTS TUTOR cung cấp Cách dùng từ "hardly" tiếng anh
I. "hardly" là adv (trạng từ)
IELTS TUTOR hướng dẫn VỊ TRÍ & CHỨC NĂNG TRẠNG TỪ (adverb) TIẾNG ANH
II. Cách dùng từ "hardly"
1. Giới thiệu chung
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- Hardly là trạng từ mang hàm ý phủ định, thường đi với các từ ‘any’ and ‘ever’, nhưng không đi với các từ phủ định khác
- IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ: We hardly ever do anything interesting
- Hardly + verb tuy nhiên đối với động từ khuyết thiếu thì hardly đứng sau
- IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- I can hardly breathe.
- You have hardly done any work.
- IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- Đảo ngữ với hardly rất thông dụng
- IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ: Hardly had she begun to speak when there was a shout from the back of the hall.
- Hardly không liên quan đến "hard"
2. Cách dùng
2.1. Mang nghĩa "hầu như không, gần như"
=used for saying that something is almost not true or almost does not happen at all / used for saying that something is very little more or less than something = only just; almost not
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- Dùng với ‘ever’, ‘any’, ‘anyone’, or ‘anything’
- can hardly do something
- hardly...at all
IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- He hardly spoke except to say hello.
- Alice was so busy she hardly noticed the days pass by.
- We could hardly afford to pay the rent.
- The countryside around Stowe has hardly changed at all.
- There was hardly any wind, just a slight breeze.
- there's hardly any space to sit (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: hầu như không có chỗ nào để mà ngồi)
- You’ve hardly eaten anything.
- Hardly anyone believed the fugitives’ story.
- It hardly ever rains here in the summer.
- The region’s wine industry is hardly more than 40 years old.
- London is hardly an hour by train.
2.2. Mang nghĩa "vừa mới...thì đã...."
=used for saying that something had only just happened when something else happened
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- hardly had...than/when
IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- She had hardly arrived when she started talking about leaving again.
- Hardly had the men started training than they were sent into battle.
2.3. Mang nghĩa "dùng để gợi ý rằng cái gì là khó có thể xảy ra, không chắc có thực hoặc vô lý"
=used when you think it is obvious that something is not true, not possible, not surprising etc = certainly not
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- you can hardly expect/blame etc (=it would not be reasonable to expect, blame etc)
IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- It’s hardly surprising that people are starting to complain.
- David’s almost twenty-four – hardly a child.
- You can hardly expect a pay rise when you've only been working for the company for two weeks!
- Well don't be angry with me - it's hardly my fault that it's raining!
- you can hardly expect me to lend you money again (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: anh khó lòng hy vọng tôi cho anh mượn tiền nữa)
- This is hardly the time to start discussing finances.
- You can hardly expect Myra to welcome you back after the way you’ve treated her.
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