point 50 at B1 in the EGP in ADJECTIVES is defined as:
‘A (LITTLE) BIT’ to modify comparative adjectives used predicatively after a verb, usually ‘be’
However, ‘a little bit’ is considered as B2 in the EVP.
And this B1 point also clashes completely with the C1 grammar point explained here:
A search in iWeb for:
* * * bit _JJR
1 MAKE IT A BIT EASIER 499
3 MAKES IT A BIT EASIER 316
4 TO BE A BIT HIGHER 277
5 IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER 267
6 IS QUITE A BIT HIGHER 257 (‘quite a bit’ is B1 in EVP but C1 in EGP!)
7 IT TAKES A BIT LONGER 254
8 IT ‘S A BIT EASIER 233
9 IT ‘S A BIT HARDER 231
10 IS QUITE A BIT SMALLER 218
11 CAN BE A BIT TRICKIER 199
12 WILL TAKE A BIT LONGER 199
13 MAY TAKE A BIT LONGER 191
14 IS QUITE A BIT LARGER 186
15 TO BE A BIT BIGGER 182
16 IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER 173
17 JUST A LITTLE BIT BIGGER 170
18 TO BE A BIT LARGER 169
19 TO BE A BIT SMALLER 163
20 IT IS A BIT HARDER 161
21 I ‘M A BIT OLDER 148
22 IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER 148
23 MAKES IT A BIT HARDER 145
24 TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER 143
25 IS QUITE A BIT LOWER 140
26 IS QUITE A BIT BIGGER 140
27 MAKE THINGS A BIT EASIER 138
28 THEY ARE A BIT OLDER 137
29 I WAS A BIT OLDER 131
30 IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER 130
31 MAY BE A BIT HIGHER 130
32 JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER 128
33 ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER 128
34 IS QUITE A BIT CHEAPER 123
35 BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER 122
36 WILL BE A BIT HIGHER 121
37 JUST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER 119
38 IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER 119
39 I WAS A BIT YOUNGER 118
40 IT TOOK A BIT LONGER 117
41 IS A LITTLE BIT OLDER 116
42 JUST A LITTLE BIT SMALLER 116
43 IT ‘S A BIT SMALLER 116
44 IT IS A BIT EASIER 114
45 BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER 114
46 TO BE A BIT LOWER 114
47 ARE QUITE A BIT LARGER 110
48 MAKING IT A BIT EASIER 110
49 TO BE A BIT CHEAPER 110
50 KIDS ARE A BIT OLDER 109
51 IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER 107
52 TO BE A BIT SHORTER 107
53 TO BE A BIT LIGHTER 103
54 TO WORK A BIT HARDER 103
55 WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER 102
56 TO BE A BIT THICKER 101
57 ‘S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER 100
58 IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER 99
59 MIGHT TAKE A BIT LONGER 96
60 TO BE A BIT HEAVIER 94
61 IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER 93
62 TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER 93
63 TO BE A BIT STRONGER 93
64 GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER 91
65 TO BE A BIT DARKER 91
66 ARE QUITE A BIT SMALLER 87
67 BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER 87
68 WILL BE A BIT EASIER 84
69 BE QUITE A BIT CHEAPER 83
70 JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER 82
71 ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER 81
72 CAN BE A BIT HARDER 80
73 THEY GET A BIT OLDER 80
74 MAY BE A BIT HARDER 79
75 MIGHT BE A BIT HARDER 79
76 LIFE A LITTLE BIT EASIER 78
77 IT ‘S A BIT TRICKIER 78
78 YOU GET A BIT OLDER 78
79 MAKE LIFE A BIT EASIER 77
80 TO BE A BIT OLDER 76
81 IT IS A BIT SMALLER 75
82 WAS A LITTLE BIT OLDER 74
83 JUST A LITTLE BIT LARGER 73
84 I GOT A BIT OLDER 72
85 TO BE A BIT WIDER 72
86 IS QUITE A BIT OLDER 71
87 IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER 71
88 IT WAS A BIT CHEAPER 70
89 TO BE A BIT TOUGHER 70
90 BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER 69
91 JUST A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER 68 (set phrase)
92 IS A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER 67
93 MAKE IT A BIT HARDER 67
94 JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER 66
95 IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER 66
96 BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER 66
97 MAKE IT A BIT CLEARER 66
98 TO TAKE A BIT LONGER 66
99 HE ‘S A BIT OLDER 65
100 WHICH IS A BIT HIGHER 65
A2 vocabulary:
bit, brighter, clearer, heavier, higher, just, larger, lower, might, quite, stronger, wider