his family hardly know him
he seldom gets to lectures
Words like hardly and seldom make a statement almost totally negative:
His family hardly know him is almost the same as His family don't know him.Other words of this type are:
He seldom gets to lectures is almost the same as He never gets to lectures.
barely
rarely
scarcely
1. Negative expressions.
Rewrite these sentences, using the word in brackets, so that the meaning is the same or similar. Remember to include punctuation.
For example:
| His family don't know him, almost. (hardly) | |||
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| He almost never gets to lectures. (seldom) | |||
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