Select the alternative that will improve the underlined part of the sentence in case there is no improvement select "no improvement".
It has been raining very hardly since morning

Options

A. is been raining very hardly
B. No improvement
C. have been raining very hardly
D. has been raining very hard

Answer

D

Explanation

Hard is used both as an adjective and adverb. But,hardly is a negative word which means almost not. According to the context of the question, hard is used to show the great force (heavily) with which it.s raining. Hence, ‘has been raining very hard’ will be the most appropriate answer