This post is another one where the English Grammar Profile has clashing proficiency levels associated with a point and in the examples. Here we are looking at the category of QUESTIONS. It is understandable that usage is what is different, but the examples could be better selected: B2 Point 29: ‘wh-‘words + the negative form […]
Category: negatives
present perfect continuous negative
Point 64 in the category of PAST is present perfect continuous NEGATIVE have|has _xx been _vvg 1 HAVE N’T BEEN PAYING 787 HAVEN’T BEEN FOLLOWING Newcastle Herald For those who haven’t been following the latest food trends, cauliflower rice isn’t actual rice. 3 HAVE N’T BEEN USING 670 4 HAVE N’T BEEN PLAYING 584 […]
past simple negative (range)
Point 63 in the category of PAST is defined as: past simple B2 1 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 B1 and above verbs? […]
past perfect continuous negative
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 HAD NOT BEEN WEARING 124 4 […]
past simple questions – range
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 […]
past simple negative passive
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 to’. 2 WAS NOT ALLOWED 8189 3 […]
present perfect simple negative passive
Point 20 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE, NEGATIVE often in the context of reporting reported speech A search on iWeb for _vh _xx been _vvn: 1 HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED 3143 2 HAS NOT BEEN SEEN 3058 3 HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED 2794 4 HAS NOT BEEN USED […]
‘not’ + SINGULAR NOUN
1 NOT (XX) PART (NN1) 50878 2 N’T (XX) PART (NN1) 7448 3 NOT (XX) ROCKET (NN1) 5916 4 NOT (XX) IMPACT (NN1_VV0%) 5263 5 NOT (XX) PRACTICE (NN1) 4547 6 NOT (XX) WORK (NN1_VV0) 3883 7 NOT (XX) IMPACT (NN1) 3447 8 NOT (XX) POST (NN1_II@) 3340 9 NOT (XX) LIFE (NN1) 3107 10 […]
n’t
i TOOK 3 DIGITS OFF THE END OF THE FOLLOWING TO MAKE IT MORE READABLE. 1 DO (VD0) N’T (XX) 8760 2 CA (VM) N’T (XX) 2949 3 DOES (VDZ) N’T (XX) 2921 4 DID (VDD) N’T (XX) 2857 5 IS (VBZ) N’T (XX) 1917 6 WO (VM) N’T (XX) 1605 7 WAS (VBDZ) N’T […]
had not been + (past participle)
Point 17 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: PAST PERFECT passive SIMPLE negative form. A search on iWeb corpus for had _xx been _vvn The most common in ranking order are: SEEN, MADE, GIVEN, USED, PAID, TOLD, and TAKEN. Ranked 9 is ‘HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED’ 台北時報 KMT slams DPP’s pork import […]