B1, indirect, PASSIVES, PAST, range, simple / asked, denied, fed, given, granted, N, offered, PELIC, refused, sent, taken, taught, TLC, VVN, was, were B1 Point 6 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: past simple passive with a limited range of verbs needing two objects, putting the indirect object in subject position. *There is […]
B1, indirect, PASSIVES, PAST, range, simple / asked, denied, fed, given, granted, N, offered, PELIC, refused, sent, taken, taught, TLC, VVN, was, were B1 Point 6 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: past simple passive with a limited range of verbs needing two objects, putting the indirect object in subject position. *There is […]
ADVERBS, C2, emphasis, FOCUS, inversion, MODALITY, NEGATIVE, phrases, prominence, subject / forget, must, never, nor, not, omit, only, overlook, VM, VVI NOT ONLY MUST people go to the event, but they must also be respectful there. NEVER MUST they forget what the soldiers died for. You must not ask about it when we are there. […]
C1, disapproval, MODALITY, offence / dare, how Point 187 in MODALITY is defined as: ‘how dare’ to express disapproval or offence about something. For example: ” What? How dare you! ” the queen huffs. A search in iWeb: 1 HOW DARE YOU ! ” 94 2 HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT 89 3 HOW DARE […]
ACL / academic, circles, debate, debated, discussed, especially, in, known, least, popular, referred, widely FOR EXAMPLE: It was very popular in certain academic circles. context Collocates in iWeb of ‘in academic circles’ 1 KNOWN 28 2 ESPECIALLY 17 3 DEBATE 14 4 POPULAR 12 5 DEBATED 11 6 LEAST 11 7 WIDELY 10 8 DISCUSSED 9 9 REFERRED 9 academic […]
B1, indirect, PASSIVES, PAST, range, simple / asked, denied, fed, given, granted, N, offered, PELIC, refused, sent, taken, taught, TLC, VVN, was, were B1 Point 6 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: past simple passive with a limited range of verbs needing two objects, putting the indirect object in subject position. *There is […]
B1, PAST, regret, simple / continued, discovered, kept, offered, owned, sold, someone, spent, that, TLC, VVD, wish Point 21 in the category of PAST is defined as: past simple with ‘wish (that)’ to express regret that things are not different. TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE: I listen to music a lot and sometimes I wish that my life was a musical. male Spain C2 A search in iWeb for: […]
B1, DETERMINERS, NOUNS, phrases, quantity, range, uncountable / a, action, advice, air, analysis, assistance, attention, background, bit, cash, damage, data, detail, development, difference, discussion, education, effort, energy, enough, evidence, experience, far, further, history, information, knowledge, laundry, little, loads, luck, much, notice, of, oil, opportunity, patience, PELIC, planning, plenty, power, practice, pressure, protein, research, sense, space, […]
apposition, B1, NOUNS, phrases / charity, company, firm, god, health, insurance, law, mind, motors, NN, NN1, NN2, NP1, queen, saint, tax Point 36 in the category of NOUNS is defined as: two noun phrases together (in apposition) to refer to the same person or thing, usually separated by commas. EXPERT EXAMPLES: With the lack of competition due to COVID restrictions, […]
A2, affirmative, auxiliary, CLAUSES, PAST, perfect, PRESENT, QUESTIONS, simple, VERBS / BE, did, do, have, VB, VD, VH, XX, you Here is another group of A2 English Grammar Profile points that overlap multiple categories. Many of these could be all merged into one point. Point 3 in the category of QUESTIONS: yes/no AUXILIARY ‘BE’ + […]
ADJECTIVES, B1, DETERMINERS, modify, PRONOUNS, substitution / a, common, correct, current, D, earlier, existing, few, JJ, larger, lucky, main, major, obvious, ones, original, particular, PELIC, previous, real, several, whose Point 40 in the category of PRONOUNS/substitution is defined as: determiners + premodifers + ‘ones’ PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: (referring to outdoor activities) I think Bodrum has the best ones. Turkish, Male, […]
B1, indirect, PASSIVES, PAST, range, simple / asked, denied, fed, given, granted, N, offered, PELIC, refused, sent, taken, taught, TLC, VVN, was, were B1 Point 6 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: past simple passive with a limited range of verbs needing two objects, putting the indirect object in subject position. *There is […]
ADVERBS, C1, MODALITY, range / absolutely, actually, cause, discourage, easily, especially, gladly, RR, strongly, VVI, would C1 point 178 in MODALITY is defined as: an increasing range of adverbs with ‘would’, including ‘strongly’, ‘easily’, ‘especially’, ‘actually’, ‘absolutely’, ‘gladly’ A search in iWeb for: would easily|strongly|especially|actually|absolutely|gladly _VVI 1 WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND 4687 2 WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST […]
B1, indirect, PASSIVES, PAST, range, simple / asked, denied, fed, given, granted, N, offered, PELIC, refused, sent, taken, taught, TLC, VVN, was, were B1 Point 6 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: past simple passive with a limited range of verbs needing two objects, putting the indirect object in subject position. *There is […]
