Here’s an example of an adverb after a modal verb + academic collocation: We would likely address these issues one after the other in a sequential way. listen to this sentence A2 point 30 in the category of ADVERBS: MID POSITION between the subject and the main verb and after modal verbs, auxiliary verbs and ‘be’. General points such as these do not specify that there are …
Point 13 in the category of NEGATION: an increasing range of indefinite pronouns in negative contexts iWeb searches for: _XX * * * anything 1 N’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING 3419 2 N’T NEED TO DO ANYTHING 2289 3 N’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING 1784 4 N’T THINK THERE ‘S ANYTHING 1698 5 NOT GOING …
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 …
Point 60 in the category of PRONOUNS/reciprocal is defined as: ‘each other’ as the object of a verb or complement of a preposition to talk about the mutual behaviour of two or more people. An iWeb search for: * * * each other 1 ON TOP OF EACH OTHER 13130 (note that many of these …
The English Grammar Profile B1 point 4 in the category of passives is defined as: an infinitive after a limited number of forms including ‘going to’, ‘have to’, ‘need to’, ‘want to’. *Note that Pearson lists this as: GSE 59 B2 ‘need’ with the passive infinitive to express necessity. The report needs to be completed this week. Homework needs to …
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