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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 […]

This is a piece of incomplete research starting with verbs which are at their lowest sense at B1. We theorize that if these verbs can be used with collocations, then it shows a higher ability than just B1. This is a tedious project of research that will take a great deal of time. For now […]

iWeb search for B1 1 THEIR LIVES 325158 2 THEIR WAY 262764 3 THEIR CHILDREN 216153 4 THEIR WORK 213183 5 THEIR FAMILIES 209014 6 THEIR HOME 163269 7 THEIR TIME 157752 8 THEIR BUSINESS 143531 9 THEIR PARENTS 129414 10 THEIR WEBSITE 119786 11 THEIR HANDS 116015 12 THEIR PRODUCTS 110206 13 THEIR CUSTOMERS […]

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 […]

In the English Grammar Profile, in the category of clauses and comparatives, there are two similar points that stress one element in comparison. Point 97 at B2 is defined as: RATHER THAN + NON-FINITE CLAUSE Point 54 at B1 is defined as RATHER THAN + PHRASE or prepositional phrase *Also notice below the ambiguity between […]

This post is another that shows overlapping and points from different levels. Both points require a superlative to be followed by a clause. What is strange is that the B2 clause can be anything. Whereas the B1 point must be present or past perfect. This is strange because it is much harder to find something […]

A search on iWeb corpus for 3 part subordinating conjunctions reveals the following frequency: They point to another group of multiple overlapping points on the English Grammar Profile. Point 91 in CLAUSES & conditional is defined as: conditional subordinate clauses with a range of conjunctions ‘as long as’, ‘provided’ + present simple or present continuous, […]

Here are two very similar points at different levels under Clauses and comparatives in the English Grammar Profile. They are unusual because the B1, the lower level of English ability, contains more complexity and is based more on natural collocation. Indeed, to adhere to B2 definitions, one must avoid what vocabulary collocates most naturally. B2 […]

There is no evidence of when students can use “which” or “whose”.

Which vocabulary to teach with ‘whose name’?