In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 63 in the category of PAST is defined as: past simple NEGATIVE wide range of regular and irregular verbs. This point is very much about vocabulary and so probably doubles up on using the English vocabulary profile. How do we divide the range up better than looking for […]
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In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 62 in category of PAST is defined as: a range of time adjuncts with the past simple. This is quite ambiguous as to what constitutes this in the EGP exactly. The examples all include a past simple verb and a time word but often with lots of words
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B2 English Grammar Profile point 61 in the category of PAST is defined as: negative form of the present perfect simple with ‘still’ to emphasise that something that was expected to happen continues not to happen. An iWeb search for: still have|has _xx _vvn 1 STILL HAVE N’T FOUND 1847 2 STILL HAVE N’T GOTTEN
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In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 60 in the category of PAST is defined as: past continuous to make a request or suggestions more polite or less direct. I was *ing if|that * * * 1 I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS A 875 2 I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS A 848 3 I WAS
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In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 59 in the category of PAST is defined: past perfect simple AFTER ‘BECAUSE’ giving explanatory information. Here are examples of past perfect simple used to give explanations. Someone even wiped away tears because she had done it, she had connected them to information differently, she helped them see something they couldn’t unsee. TED Vicky called because her husband had suddenly collapsed in the hallway of their home. TED A search in iWeb for because _P had _VVN 1 BECAUSE I HAD HEARD
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In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 58 in the category of PAST is past perfect continuous negative. 1 HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING 180 Kankakee Daily Journal Canfield said he had not been drinking. Canfield called 911 a third time to report the neighbor was back home. 2 HAD NOT BEEN WORKING 144 3
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B2 Point 57 in the category of past and perfect simple is defined as: REPORTS OF QUESTIONS where the main verb in the reporting clause is in the past simple. *However, only by investigating the rest of the EGP do we discover that there is an B1 point that clashes here for yes-no questions in
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In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 56 in PAST perfect simple is defined as: invert the subject and auxiliary verb with ‘no sooner … than’ to talk about something that happened immediately before something else, often in formal contexts This is quite a rare structure. 1 NO SOONER HAD HE SAID 30 2 NO
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In the English Grammar Profile, there are two points that overlap. B2 point 55 is defined as: PAST simple after ‘if’ as a politeness structure, especially in letters and emails. B2 point 72 is defined as: the past simple with a range of subordinating conjunctions, including ‘as soon as’, ‘before’, ‘if’, ‘once’, ‘since’, ‘so’, ‘until’,
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B2 point 54 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect simple with a wide range of adverbs (including ‘finally’, ‘recently’, ‘simply’) in the normal mid-position. B1 point 46 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect simple with a limited range of adverbs (including ‘never’, ‘ever’, ‘just’, ‘always’, ‘already’) in
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A search in iWeb for how ‘below’ is tagged, reveals that the most common usage is: 1 BELOW (RL) 2387501 locative adverb = This is often C1 grammar related to locating elements in discourse. (in printed text) mentioned further down on the same page, or further on in the text. 1 (SEE BELOW). 24319 You will be an employee and receive full benefits (see
First, let’s look at the 3 ways ‘however‘ is tagged in the iWeb corpus: 1 HOWEVER (RR) 5768894 In the English Vocabulary Profile, as an adverb at A2: used when you are about to say something which is surprising compared with what you have just said Note the commas: 1 HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE 19955
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B2 PAST | adverbs in the normal mid position
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Point 52 at B2 in the category of PAST simple QUESTIONS is defined as: yes/no’, ‘wh-‘, tag and negative question forms with an increasing range of verbs. There is great confusion trying to differentiate this across levels from other points on the EGP. *Point 63 Past simple negative wide range of verbs and point 29
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In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 51 in the category of PAST and present perfect simple is defined as: question form with an increasing range of verbs. For example: How much sleep have they actually lost? TED Looking for variable-length questions on iWeb is always a hard task. Here is only one set pattern that finds some. Note that we
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1 CHRISTIANS (NN2) 300655 2 PHYSICIANS (NN2) 274754 3 MUSICIANS (NN2) 225627 4 POLITICIANS (NN2) 211753 5 INDIANS (NN2) 167921 6 CANADIANS (NN2) 156879 7 TECHNICIANS (NN2) 129132 8 GUARDIANS (NN2) 99782 9 AUSTRALIANS (NN2) 98618 10 CIVILIANS (NN2) 92291 11 HISTORIANS (NN2) 81859 12 RUSSIANS (NN2) 71180 13 CLINICIANS (NN2) 62328 14 CORINTHIANS (NN2)
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Here’s an example of someone or something causing something to happen to you while you are passive: All I can say is, get ready to have your mind blown. listen ‘Proactive’ means ‘taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens.’ In this post related to causative verbs, we look at two different resources. In the English Grammar Profile
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This grammar entry is very broad. B2 Point 29 in the category of PASSIVES and INFINITIVE is defined as: affirmative and negative forms after an increasing range of main verbs, modal verbs, adjectives and nouns, in impersonal constructions. All the range entries in the English Grammar Profile are left to interpretation and not so clear.
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1 AUSTRALIAN (JJ) 710846 2 CANADIAN (JJ_NN1) 668799 3 CHRISTIAN (JJ) 576614 4 INDIAN (JJ) 427053 5 RUSSIAN (JJ) 400558 6 BRIAN (NP1) 365292 7 PHYSICIAN (NN1) 350753 8 ITALIAN (JJ_NN1) 322927 9 ASIAN (JJ) 261909 10 GUARDIAN (NN1) 213597 11 IAN (NP1) 180509 12 MUSICIAN (NN1) 135424 13 SYRIAN (JJ) 132610 14 VICTORIAN (JJ)
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In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 28 in the category of PASSIVES is past simple negative. In iWeb corpus we find the following: WERE NOT ALLOWED JAMnews Georgian opposition party hosted a rally for football fans who were not allowed to enter the stadium. *This example may be B1 based on ‘allowed
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