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? […]
1 SPLIT (VVN) 88303 2 SPLIT (VVI) 85577 6 SPLIT (NN1) 26531 7 SPLIT (JJ) 17450 12 SPLIT (VVD) 9537 16 SPLIT (VV0) 7780
1 EXCEPT (II21) 293202 2 EXCEPT (CS) 258109 5 EXCEPT (CS21) 101718 6 EXCEPT (II) 26138 14 EXCEPT (VV0%) 638
1 SERIES (NN) 3166663 2 COMPANIES (NN2) 2679310 3 ACTIVITIES (NN2) 1981104 4 COUNTRIES (NN2) 1459881 5 OPPORTUNITIES (NN2) 1456705 6 STUDIES (NN2) 1426922 7 FAMILIES (NN2) 1348777 8 STORIES (NN2) 1250906 9 PROPERTIES (NN2) 984184 10 FACILITIES (NN2) 920963 11 SPECIES (NN) 920040 12 PARTIES (NN2) 912973 13 COMMUNITIES (NN2) 910936 14 POLICIES (NN2) […]
1 BACK (RP) 6374291 3 BACK (NN1) 1521907 7 BACK (VVI) 95994 13 BACK (VV0) 23213 20 BACK (JJ) 11650 30 BACK (II32) 4078
It is very possible to have a noun after a past participle. 1 TAKEN (VVN) PLACE (NN1) 57019 2 TAKEN (VVN) CARE (NN1) 52472 3 TAKEN (VVN) ADVANTAGE (NN1) 15507 4 MADE (VVN) PUBLIC (NN1_JJ_RR@) 14502 5 ELECTED (VVN_JJ@) PRESIDENT (NN1) 10852 6 TAKEN (VVN) PART (NN1) 9235 7 BUILT (VVN) ENVIRONMENT (NN1) 7734 8 […]
The word with an ‘-ed’ ending is usually a past particple. The adjective exceptions such as ‘interested’,’involved’,’used to’ are rarer. 1 IS (VBZ) BASED (VVN) ON (II) 327426 2 BE (VBI) USED (VVN) FOR (IF) 273383 3 ARE (VBR) INTERESTED (JJ) IN (II) 192417 4 BE (VBI) USED (VVN) IN (II) 188088 5 IS (VBZ) […]
Many of the second base verbs are more like nouns. For example, “Press the ENTER button.” 1 PRESS (VV0_NN1) ENTER (VV0) 16128 2 CLICK (VV0_NN1) ADD (VV0) 15009 3 GO (VV0) GET (VV0) 14910 4 CLICK (VV0_NN1) SAVE (VV0) 12303 5 COME (VV0) JOIN (VV0) 11010 6 COME (VV0) SEE (VV0) 10450 7 GO (VV0) […]
It seems impossible to find a lexical base verb after lexical verb + noun. 1 GET (VVI) THINGS (NN2) DONE (VDN) 15273 2 MAKE (VVI) ENDS (NN2) MEET (VVI) 12084 3 GETTING (VVG) THINGS (NN2) DONE (VDN) 7515 4 LET (VVI) PEOPLE (NN) KNOW (VVI) 6309 5 HAVING (VHG) TROUBLE (NN1) GETTING (VVG) 6301 6 […]
The word ‘that’ is almost always a subordinating conjunction between a verb and determiner. The main exceptions have been highlighted. 1 IS (VBZ) THAT (CST) THIS (DD1) 60964 2 NOTE (VV0) THAT (CST) THIS (DD1) 50064 3 ENSURE (VVI) THAT (CST) ALL (DB) 29111 4 IS (VBZ) THAT (CST) THESE (DD2) 26839 5 IS (VBZ) […]