1 SLIGHTLY HIGHER 29559 1 THAN (CSN ) 9879 2 PRICE (NN1 ) 1458 3 RATE (NN1 ) 1425 4 RATES (NN2 ) 702 5 RISK (NN1 ) 682 6 PRICES (NN2 ) 617 7 COST (NN1 ) 511 8 LEVELS (NN2 ) 409 9 INTEREST (NN1 ) 403 10 TEMPERATURE (NN1 ) 338 […]
Category: adjectives
real, absolute, complete + noun
Which adjectives should I teach my intermediate class?
noun phrase – article adverb adjective noun
Where to start teaching noun phrases to your beginner to pre-intermediate class?
It is important that noun verb
If you are teaching a pre-intermediate class about how we get our knowledge or health, then this grammar and vocabulary will be appropriate.
It is adjective for object to infinitive
What vocabulary should you teach or learn with modality and adjectives at a pre-intermediate level?
degree adverbs modifying adjectives
Point 210 in MODALITY on the English Grammar Profile is based on MODIFYING an ADJECTIVE for HEDGING with a degree adverb. We are offered only two examples: Collocates 4 sides to the left and right on iWeb corpus for “quite probable“: 1 IT (PPH1 ) 528 2 SEEMS (VVZ ) 31 3 POSSIBLE (JJ […]
“major/very” adjective + noun
Point 73 under the category of adjectives in C2 on the English Grammar Profile we have two vocabulary items that stand out. “Major” and “very” before a noun. From iWeb corpus: 1 MAJOR CITIES 30699 2 MAJOR ROLE 29774 1 PLAY(ED)(S)(ING) 5 DEVELOPMENT 6 HELPING 7 DETERMINING 8 SHAPING 9 SUCCESS 10 DEVELOPING 3 MAJOR […]
the slightest faintest noun
One must wonder what the precise choice of collocating nouns is for this point on the English Grammar Profile: 77 ADJECTIVES superlatives C2 USE: ‘the slightest’, ‘the faintest’ with a specific range of nouns to express the least amount possible, most frequently following a negative verb form The word “slightest” already means the least amount […]
indefinite pronoun + adjective
The left main title is iWeb corpus frequency. To the right are Now Corpus collocates (4 left and right) 1 SOMETHING NEW 136740 1 TRY (VVI ) 4498 2 EVERY (AT1 ) 2795 3 ALWAYS (RR ) 2672 4 LEARN (VVI ) 2186 5 TRYING (VVG ) 2133 6 LEARN (VV0 ) 1502 7 DIFFERENT (JJ […]
“Something” + Adjective
Is “something” + adjective B1 or A2?