B2 Point 131 in the category of MODALITY is defined as: ‘you have (got) to’ to make a strong suggestion. Because the ‘have (got) to structure is found at lower levels too, it is hard to find this formally and because it requires interpretation (not obligation). This structure is found with a great deal of […]
“This post is brought to you by English Grammar Pro. ” The previous sentence is an example of B2 level grammar. If that interests you, then read on. There are a few points in the category of PASSIVES and verbs taking two objects that overlap and clash for which CEFR level they indicate. Before trying […]
“This post is brought to you by English Grammar Pro. ” The previous sentence is an example of B2 level grammar. If that interests you, then read on. There are a few points in the category of PASSIVES and verbs taking two objects that overlap and clash for which CEFR level they indicate. Before trying […]
There are 3 almost identical points in the category of FUTURE in the English Grammar Profile: Point 41 in the past is defined as: simple past form of ‘be’ + ‘about to’ (often with ‘just’) to talk about the immediate future from a point in the past. Point 43 future expressions with ‘BE ABOUT TO […]
A rarer grammar structure to do with adverbs, negation and inversion. Read more Point 55 in the English Grammar Profile under the category of adverbs is defined phrases that modify with an adverb and comparative structure. What is particularly noticeable about this structure is that it attracts higher level vocabulary (as noted in EVP): B1 […]
The use of ‘their’ is confusing to give level to, because there is differing information between the English Vocabulary and Grammar Profiles, and secondly the uses are hard to locate in corpora automatically. At B2, Point 58 in the category of DETERMINERS & possessive is defined as: GENERIC ‘THEIR’ before nouns to refer to a […]
This post will attempt to untangle another set of grammar features that are clashing across levels. The centre of the confusion starts with: C1 Point 63 in the category of ADVERB phrases which is defined as: degree adverbs (‘slightly‘, ‘a bit‘, ‘much‘) to modify comparatives. But it clashes completely with B2 Point 57 in the category […]
There are at least 30 points to do with the present continuous in the English Grammar Profile. Half of those are easily distinguished between formally, but many others are not. One aspect that they can be distinguished apart for level is on vocabulary range. The usage aspect is too difficult to search for as it […]
B2 point 160 in MODALITY is defined as: ‘would’ to talk about habitual actions and events in the past It formally overlaps A2 point 26 in MODALITY: ‘would’ to talk about imagined situations. Looking in iWeb corpus manually for collocates of ‘every’ ‘time‘ with ‘would’ is 1 in 5 on the usage: ..note, my mom […]
Point 143 in MODALITY is defined as: ‘used to’ without a following verb where the previous main verb is understood. Interestingly, this grammar feature is often located with comparative clauses. A search for on NOW corpus for * * * * used to .|, *from these cluster searches we can put to the right the […]
B2 Point 131 in the category of MODALITY is defined as: ‘you have (got) to’ to make a strong suggestion. Because the ‘have (got) to structure is found at lower levels too, it is hard to find this formally and because it requires interpretation (not obligation). This structure is found with a great deal of […]
The B2 Point 4 in the category of FOCUS is defined as ‘The reason (that)’, ‘The place (which)’ + clause as subject + ‘be’ for focus. *although the verb ‘be’ is probably the most common, for complexity, we should also accept any verb after the clause. Hindustan Times The reason that less number of workers […]
What does a wide range really mean? Read more It is very hard to distinguish between levels for some items because it is not clear on the EGP too. Read more One of the rarest C2 grammar structures is the present perfect continuous passive Read more Which verbs should I learn first? Read more There’s […]
But’ is usually a conjunction. It is also used in phrases as a preposition or adverb. 1 (CCB) 3 (RR22) 5 (II21) 6 (II) 7 (CS) Read more Point 45 in the category of NOUNS is defined as: increasing range of complex noun phrases with more than one adjective combined with ‘but’. 1 SERIOUS BUT […]
