Point 20 in the category of VERBS in the English Grammar Profile is straightforward to locate. However, it is good to have examples of what vocabulary would be best to teach with it. iWeb corpus top 100: 1 THERE IS EVIDENCE 22381 1 SUGGEST (VVI ) 1244 2 UNLESS (CS ) 451 3 ALTHOUGH (CS […]
If you are teaching a pre-intermediate class about how we get our knowledge or health, then this grammar and vocabulary will be appropriate.
In the EGP, Point 223 in the category of modality is used to talk about not being brave enough to do something. It seems an unusual piece of grammar in that it is an infinitive next to another infinitive without “to”. It also is surrounded usually by verbs of speech. Collocates 5 to the left […]
The featured image above shows the multiple proficiency levels that this modal verb is associated with the English Grammar Profile. The very formal nature of this modal verb can be easily seen with a search for collates 5 sides left and right of “shall” in the NOW corpus: 1 BE (VBI ) 211652 2 LAW […]
These are the 12 adverbs I would teach with “must” to advanced students: correctly, either, generally, somehow, therefore, constantly, currently, necessarily, simply, successfully, surely, satisfactorily, ultimately.
Which verbs are found next to “may well”?
If you were to choose which adverbs to teach with “would”, could you just rely on the English Grammar Profile to suggest which ones?
Grammar examples from B1 to C2 of this structure.
continuous vs simple explanations in the EGP.