Point 66 in ADVERBS/position is defined as: ‘HARDLY’ in front position followed by an inverted subject and verb, to give focus. Point 88 in PAST/perfect simple is defined as: invert the subject and affirmative auxiliary verb with ‘hardly … when’ to talk about something that happened immediately before something else, in formal contexts. There are […]
There are two similar points at C2 for listing adjectives. Point 76 at C2 in ADJECTIVES/combining is defined as: list of adjectives in ellipted clauses before and after a noun, to give focus. The EGP examples contain: Imaginative_JJ ,_, good-humoured_JJ ,_, friendly_JJ ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ … The_AT latter_DA fat_NN1 ,_, ugly_JJ and_CC sick_NN1 blows_VVZ … […]
Point 7 in the category of FOCUS is defined as: non-finite subordinate clause with an ‘-ed’ form, before a main clause, for focus, often in formal, academic or business contexts. *EGP is confusing when they say ‘-ed’, surely ‘past participles’ would be more accurate and clearer. The two examples in the EGP start as such: […]
Point 8 in the category of FOCUS is defined as: fixed expressions in the front position for focus. Within the EGP examples, + we have added the COCA frequency. . At the end of the day , 1092 . All in all , 1058 . All things considered , 130 . When you think about […]
Point 12 in the category of FOCUS is defined as: ‘The’ + premodifier + ‘thing, fact, point, problem or reason’ + ‘is (that)’ for focus. The EGP examples follow the following patterns and we use a full stop to make sure it is at the start of the sentence for iWeb: . The _JJ thing|fact|point|problem|reason […]
Point 79 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: indefinite pronouns with a relative clause to form complex noun phrases, to give focus A search in iWeb corpus for : . _pn1 that|which|who * * Embedded examples come from the PELIC: 1 . ANYONE WHO WANTS TO 1201 B2/C1 student: 19668,du4,Korean,Unknown,389,5,r,2663,1,41, Anyone who wants […]
The landscape can get muddy when it has been raining.
Point 11 in the category of FOCUS is defined as: ‘Not a’ + noun with a passive verb or inverted auxiliary and subject for focus. This is very rare! _xx _at1 _n _vb _vvn 1 NOT A LOT IS KNOWN 193 WION Radical Chinese Christian cult active in Northeast India: Reports Not a lot […]
“At the time, I had a girlfriend, so I didn’t talk to her.” This is an example of putting a prepositional phrase at the start of a sentence which is what pre-intermediate students can do.
Point 2 in FOCUS is defined as: ‘IT’ + ‘BE’ ADJECTIVE + ‘THAT’ CLAUSE for focus. There are also numerous almost identical grammar structures listed at B2, so for that reason we need to allow only a limited range of adjectives with this point, otherwise this post should not exist. A1 vocabulary = good great […]