Choose the appropriate adverb, from the options given below :
You are quite wrong, I can ________ believe what you are saying.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → hardly
Complete sentence: You are quite wrong, I can hardly believe what you are saying. The speaker thinks the other person is "quite wrong", so he can hardly believe what is being said.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) certainly | without any doubt ("I can certainly believe" contradicts "You are quite wrong") | I will certainly come to your wedding. |
| (2) badly | in a poor way or very much (one does not "believe badly") | The team played badly in the final. |
| (3) rarely | not often (it speaks of how often something happens, while the speaker is reacting to one statement made just now) | It rarely snows in Chennai. |
| (4) hardly (answer) | almost not, only with great difficulty | I can hardly believe that ten years have passed since we met. |