C1, intensity, modify, PRONOUNS, quantity / affects, aware, capable, capture, few, granted, impact, inspiration, joy, little, many, simply, so, struggling, too, very C1 point 102 in PRONOUNS/quantity is defined: MODIFIED: ‘few’ and ‘many’ with ‘very’, ‘too’, ‘so’ as intensifiers *’very few’ + noun is B2 A search in iWeb for: * * too|very|so many|few . […]
C1, DETERMINERS, phrases, plural, PRONOUNS, quantity / categories, circumstances, conditions, DD, DD2, either, events, issues, items, locations, major, methods, neither, NN2, of, options, products, situations, these, those ‘Either’ can mean “the one or the other.” ‘Neither’ can mean “not the one and not the other” or “not either.” C1 English Grammar Profile point 63 in DETERMINERS/quantity […]
A2, phrasal, PREPOSITIONS, VERBS / ABLE, actually, already, assisting, building, challenge, closely, continuing, fans, forward, future, II, look, most, NN, opportunity, out, PELIC, receiving, response, rest, returning, serving, so, to, trying, VVG, welcoming Point 13 in the category of VERBS/phrasal-prepositional is defined as: ‘look forward to’ as a fixed expression followed by an ‘-ing’ form […]
B1, continuous, FUTURE, NEGATIVE / accepting, adding, appearing, attending, BE, bringing, commenting, competing, covering, expecting, fighting, happening, holding, joining, losing, missing, moving, not, offering, operating, ordering, participating, performing, posting, providing, purchasing, receiving, releasing, renewing, replacing, returning, seeking, selling, spending, trying, VM, VVG, wasting, will, winning, XX Point 32 in the category of FUTURE is defined: […]
continuous, gerund, non-finite / causing, seeking, VVG On this website, ing forms are best located in our posts by searching for the tag: VVG A search in the iWeb corpus for _VVG gives the most common ing forms as follows: 1 USING 9077632 2 GOING 8570578 3 MAKING 4986719 4 LOOKING 4903064 5 WORKING 4440144 […]
B1, CLAUSES, gerund, non-finite, subordinate, time / adding, after, arriving, becoming, before, checking, clicking, completing, deciding, entering, failing, falling, hitting, joining, losing, missing, moving, passing, PELIC, posting, receiving, returning, serving, spending, TLC, trying, turning, VVG, winning B1 Point 61 in the category of CLAUSES is defined as: non-finite subordinate clause with ‘before’ and ‘after’ + […]
A2, B1, PRONOUNS, range, reflexive, singular, VERBS / allow, bring, buy, call, calls, challenge, consider, defend, enjoy, herself, himself, imagine, introduce, itself, keep, kill, killed, lend, lends, let, limit, lose, myself, PELIC, position, PPX1, prepare, protect, prove, push, remind, save, set, setting, surround, TLC, V, yourself B1 Point 55 in the category of PRONOUNS is […]
B1, countable, demonstrative, NOUNS, PRONOUNS, singular, substitution / bit, breath, careful, DD1, disagree, forgot, forward, however, if, luck, most, mostly, one, seems, similar, so, still, strong, sure, that, this, trust, try, yeah Here are two grammar points in the English Grammar Profile’s category of Pronouns at B1 that should be merged into one. Point 43 […]
B1, CLAUSES, gerund, non-finite, subordinate, time / adding, after, arriving, becoming, before, checking, clicking, completing, deciding, entering, failing, falling, hitting, joining, losing, missing, moving, passing, PELIC, posting, receiving, returning, serving, spending, TLC, trying, turning, VVG, winning B1 Point 61 in the category of CLAUSES is defined as: non-finite subordinate clause with ‘before’ and ‘after’ + […]
alternative, B1, CLAUSES, QUESTIONS / alone, already, art, broken, confused, crazy, disagree, dreaming, else, explode, false, guessing, impossible, let, matter, mine, murder, myself, normal, or, out, P, permanent, pushed, real, separate, should, true, try, V, worse, yourself Point 27 in the category of QUESTIONS is defined as: alternative questions with two clauses combined with ‘or’. […]
C2, formal, FUTURE, MODALITY, prediction, simple / circumstances, confine, endeavours, faith, incur, liability, obligation, overcome, prevail, responsibility, shall, VVI Here’s an example of using ‘shall’ to make a prediction: We shall have no peace until she goes. listen This post is another example of two overlapping grammar points found in two different categories in the English Grammar Profile. Although they are worded […]
ADVERBS, C2, FUTURE, infinitive, informal, range / absolutely, always, BE, change, completely, drastically, enjoy, fundamentally, going, help, love, probably, R, radically, really, respectfully, specifically, to, VB, VVI A range of adverbs with this future construction is examined.
ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, C1, degree, intensity, modify, range / completely, different, extremely, frustrating, important, JJ, knowledgeable, random, totally, unrelated C1 point 60 in ADVERBS/modifiers is defined as: a wide range of adverbs with adjectives to express degree or intensity. A search in iWeb for: completely|totally|extremely _JJ 1 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 110150 She’s a completely different person. Listen 2 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 53789 […]
VERBS / began, begin, beginning, begins, begun, even, tell, to, with In the English Vocabulary Profile: begin verb START TO HAPPEN A1 begin verb START TO DO A2 begin with sth B1 to begin with B1: at the start of a situation to begin with B2: the first important reason for something A2: Look, son, I can’t even begin […]
