appeared – English Grammar Profiler

C2, continuous, infinitive, PASSIVES, perfect, VERBS / admit, admits, appear, appeared, appears, BE, being, chased, considered, controlled, handed, ignored, lined, punished, responsible, rewarded, seem, seemed, seems, supported, to, VVN

There is no entry in the English Grammar Profile for the continuous infinitive passive.  Therefore, we say this is a C2 grammar structure. A search in NOW corpus for: * to be being * 1 BELIEVED TO BE BEING HELD 18 The following example has past passive + infinitive + continuous passive: The driver of the lorry was believed to be being held by police. …

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A2, expectation, FUTURE, NEGATIVE, PAST, perfect, PRESENT, simple / appeared, arrived, broken, checked, covered, decided, discovered, discussed, ended, expired, explored, failed, guessed, happened, has, have, haven’t, installed, joined, launched, lost, mentioned, not, noticed, occurred, ordered, PELIC, played, posted, purchased, realized, received, registered, replied, responded, returned, succeeded, tested, touched, tried, unlocked, updated, upgraded, voted, VVN, won, XX, yet

Here’s a student example of ‘present perfect simple negative‘: Today I can play very well with someone, even when I haven’t played for a long time. Portuguese female level 3 writing. A2 point 5 in the category of  NEGATION/AUXILIARY VERBS is defined: negative statements of main verbs in the present continuous and present perfect with ‘be’ and ‘have’ + ‘not/n’t’. A2 point 13 in the category of PAST is defined: …

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B1, duration, PAST, perfect, PRESENT, simple / appeared, arisen, continued, declined, decreased, developed, doubled, dropped, elapsed, emerged, evolved, existed, experienced, has, have, increased, occurred, operated, PELIC, risen, since, struggled, suffered, VVN

Point 33 in the category of PAST is defined as: present perfect simple + ‘since’ to talk about duration. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: I have read a lot of books about cooking since then. Chinese male, level 3 writing class.   We have been friends since we were high-school students. Korean female, level 3 writing class. An iWeb search for: _VH _VVN since *we removed ‘had’ 1 HAS CHANGED SINCE 11097 …

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B1, PAST, simple / agreed, and, appeared, arrived, away, broke, by, created, cried, decided, dried, ended, failed, fell, followed, happened, hesitated, hit, installed, involved, killed, laughed, lost, married, mentioned, nodded, occurred, passed, paused, PELIC, provided, removed, replied, returned, set, smiled, stole, tested, then, VVD, won

Point 35 in the category of PAST is defined: past simple to order sequences of events in the past, in the context of narratives. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: I looked at the sheet and thought about it and then I continued following my sheet. When I noticed that I should have arrived, I called my brother and he told me that I had the wrong directions. Arabic male, level 5 grammar class. Two of the EGP examples use ‘and then’ while one only uses ‘and’ to connect past …

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