Point 38 in PRESENT/continuous: POLITENESS: with verbs that are not usually used in this form to make statements and requests sound less direct. EXAMPLES: I am asking us to use our power to choose. I am asking us to level up. TED We are asking businesses not to produce and consumers not to go out and consume. TED
Here are two examples of ‘BE going to’ with A1 infinitives: It is going to take time. Listen to the pronunciation Are you going to do anything about it? Listen to the pronunciation In the English Grammar Profile, in the category of FUTURE: B1 Point 31 is defined: ‘be going to’: increasing range of verbs to make predictions. A2 point 4 is defined: …
B1 Point 10 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: PRESENT SIMPLE, NEGATIVE + range of pronoun and noun subjects *although ‘range of subjects’ is mentioned above, there is no entry for present simple negative elsewhere. There is no way to automatically check whether these might actually be C1: ‘it’ with the passive voice …
Here are some student writing examples of present continuous highlighted with details: I am typing English words right now. PELIC Chinese female level 2 writing class However, we also can interpret from the graph that we aren’t preparing for it yet. PELIC Korean female level 3 writing class I am always falling over one of his toy cars or trucks. PELIC Arabic male level 3 writing class There are at least 30 points to do with the present …
Present continuous is best given a CEFR level by lexical VERBing in the English Vocabulary Profile. The English Grammar Profile has many levels that are mostly based on range. There is also a point at C1 for rhetorical questions with present continuous. B2 point 45 in the category of FUTURE with present continuous is defined …
