Point 12 in the category of PREPOSITIONs is defined as: preposition + relative pronoun as complement, to avoid preposition stranding, often in formal contexts. The EGP examples include: vacancy_NN1 in_II which_DDQ I_PPIS1 am_VBM very_RG interested_JJ ._. club_NN1 of_IO which_DDQ you_PPY are_VBR the_AT secretary_NN1 ._. someone_PN1 to_II whom_PNQO they_PPHS2 can_VM talk_VVI ._. A search […]
Point 78 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect continuous in relative clauses to give background information. who|that|which had been _vvg 1 WHO HAD BEEN WORKING 1233 2 WHO HAD BEEN LIVING 1080 3 THAT HAD BEEN SITTING 642 4 THAT HAD BEEN GOING 481 5 WHO HAD BEEN WAITING 479 6 […]
Point 77 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect simple in relative clauses to give background information. who|that|which had _vvn 1 WHO HAD COME 7745 2 WHO HAD TAKEN 5753 3 WHO HAD WORKED 5373 4 WHO HAD DIED 5142 5 WHO HAD MADE 4712 6 WHO HAD LOST 4373 7 WHO […]
There are two overlapping points at A2 for reporting verbs. Point 2 in the category of REPORTED SPEECH is defined as: reporting clause with ‘tell’ + direct object + ‘that-‘clause, with a pronoun shift where relevant. Point 12 in VERBS and patterns is defined as: Verbs, typically reporting verbs, followed by a noun or pronoun […]
There are two entries at A2 that catch the same question complexity. Point 2 in the category of QUESTIONS is defined as: AUXILIARY ‘BE’ to form ‘wh-‘questions. (present continuous / past continuous) *Notice that ‘past continuous’ is included in the ‘cando.’ However, it also points to B1 level for such a feature. Point 37 in […]
The only point for A2 CONJUNCTIONS is point 8, which is defined as: a limited range of simple subordinating conjunctions ‘(if, when, so, while)’ to introduce a subordinate clause. An iWeb corpus search for three spaces in if|when|so|while * * * _v *Note ‘so’ is also listed at B1 as greater range. 1 IF YOU […]
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 […]
Point 98 in the category of PRONOUNS and quantity is defined as: ‘some of’, ‘many of’ to modify relative pronouns in a relative clause. A search on iWeb for ngrams of some|many of _**q _v is listed below. 1 SOME OF WHICH ARE 17696 2 MANY OF WHICH ARE 17353 3 MANY OF WHOM ARE […]
Point 2 in FOCUS at B1 is simply defined as: ‘IT’ + ‘BE’ ADJECTIVE + ‘THAT’ CLAUSE for focus. *That B1 point is elaborated on its own page here. There are three similar points in Modality and adjectives at B2. Point 135 is defined as: ‘it’ + linking verb + adjective + (‘that’) clause as a […]
The B2 Point 4 in the category of FOCUS is defined as ‘The reason (that)’, ‘The place (which)’ + clause as subject + ‘be’ for focus. *although the verb ‘be’ is probably the most common, for complexity, we should also accept any verb after the clause. Hindustan Times The reason that less number of workers […]