In the English Grammar Profile, A1 point 15 in the category of ADVERBS is defined:
time adverbs in the usual end position.
The EGP only lists ‘soon’ and ‘late’ as examples for this point. However, this point overlaps ‘adjuncts’ in time expressions at A1:
A2 increasing range of adverbs:
B2 past simple + range of time adjuncts:
- … last year.
STUDENT EXAMPLE:
They always went back late.
PELIC Chinese male level 3 writing class.
A search in iWeb corpus for:
* _VV * soon .
1 TO SEE YOU SOON . 612
2 TO CHANGE ANYTIME SOON . 520
3 YOU FEEL BETTER SOON . 517
4 TO HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON . 368
5 TO SEEING YOU SOON . 350
6 . SEE YOU SOON . 341
7 IS COMING UP SOON . 221
8 TO STOP ANYTIME SOON . 220
9 I SPOKE TOO SOON . 196
10 PLEASE CHECK BACK SOON . 184
11 WILL CONTACT YOU SOON . 180
12 . GET WELL SOON . 163
13 BE COMING OUT SOON . 152
14 ‘LL SEE YOU SOON . 150
15 IS COMING VERY SOON . 145
16 TO MEETING YOU SOON . 135
17 TO END ANYTIME SOON . 132
18 BE RELEASED VERY SOON . 128
19 TO TRY IT SOON . 119
20 BE ORDERING AGAIN SOON . 110
21 TO COME BACK SOON . 110
22 WILL CHANGE ANYTIME SOON . 108
23 ‘LL FIND OUT SOON . 103
24 WILL GO AWAY SOON . 103
25 TO GO BACK SOON . 96
26 BE ORDERING MORE SOON . 94
27 IS COMING OUT SOON . 93
28 AND SEE YOU SOON . 92
29 BE ANNOUNCED VERY SOON . 92
30 NOT GOING ANYWHERE SOON . 92
31 BE COMING VERY SOON . 89
32 BE MADE AVAILABLE SOON . 87
33 OF STOPPING ANYTIME SOON . 86
34 N’T GOING ANYWHERE SOON . 84
35 WILL HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON . 83
36 BE HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON . 81
37 WILL FIND OUT SOON . 80
38 BE COMING UP SOON . 79
39 TO DISAPPEAR ANYTIME SOON . 79
40 WILL SEE YOU SOON . 79
41 WILL COME OUT SOON . 77
42 , SEE YOU SOON . 76
43 SO CHECK BACK SOON . 76
44 TO VISIT AGAIN SOON . 74
45 YOU GET BETTER SOON . 74
46 ON STOPPING ANYTIME SOON . 72
47 ILL SEE YOU SOON . 70
48 WILL GET BETTER SOON . 69
49 TO COME OUT SOON . 66
50 WILL COME BACK SOON . 66
* _VV * late .
*Note, we have removed examples of ‘late’ as an adjective.
2 TO STAY UP LATE . 96
4 HAD COME TOO LATE . 40
5 IT CAME TOO LATE . 37
6 AND STAY UP LATE . 33
7 HAVE COME TOO LATE . 33
8 AND STAYING UP LATE . 26
10 MAY COME TOO LATE . 24
12 WILL COME TOO LATE . 21
14 OR STAY UP LATE . 20
16 TO STAY OUT LATE . 19
17 AND STAY OUT LATE . 18
18 HAS COME TOO LATE . 18
19 IT COMES TOO LATE . 18
20 WAS BORN TOO LATE . 18
21 WOULD COME TOO LATE . 18
22 ‘VE SEEN OF LATE . 16
23 TO SHOW UP LATE . 16
24 , CAME TOO LATE . 14
25 AND CAME HOME LATE . 14
28 I WOKE UP LATE . 14
31 I STAY UP LATE . 13
32 OR COME IN LATE . 13
33 THAT STAY OPEN LATE . 13
34 TO COME IN LATE . 13
35 ‘VE LAUNCHED TOO LATE . 12
36 AND COMING HOME LATE . 12
37 AND SLEEP IN LATE . 12
38 OR STAYING UP LATE . 12
39 THAT CAME TOO LATE . 12
40 WAS FILED TOO LATE . 12
41 AND STAYING OUT LATE . 11
42 FOR REPLYING SO LATE . 11
43 HE ARRIVED TOO LATE . 11
44 TO WAKE UP LATE . 11
46 YOU COME HOME LATE . 11
47 AND GET UP LATE . 10
48 AND STAYED UP LATE . 10
50 FOR SHOWING UP LATE . 10