The teacher advised the students A to work regularly B and hardly C if they wanted to pass the exami......

Directions: Read each sentence given below and find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any will be one of the parts of the sentence which are marked as a, b, c ,d and e. If there is no error, the answer will be (e) i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

The teacher advised the students (A)/ to work regularly (B)/ and hardly (C)/ if they wanted to pass the examination. (D)/ No error. (E)

(C) Write hard in place of hardly in section (C) This change can be understood by knowing the meaning of hard and hardly:

Hard- With great effort or devotedly or laboriously.

Hardly- Almost nothing, scarcely.

The teacher advised the students to work with devotion So, the correct sentence will be:

" The teacher advised the students to work regularly and hard if they wanted to pass the examination."

By: Brijesh Kumar