built – English Grammar Profiler

ADVERBS, B1, emphasis, expectation, perfect, PRESENT, simple, time / achieved, added, adopted, already, announced, applied, attracted, booked, built, caused, committed, completed, covered, created, decided, developed, discovered, discussed, earned, entered, established, experienced, expressed, happened, has, have, implemented, installed, invested, led, lost, mentioned, moved, noted, occurred, passed, pointed, posted, proved, provided, purchased, raised, reached, received, recommended, registered, released, set, signed, sold, spent, stated, submitted, tried, VVN, won

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 22 in the category of PAST is defined as: present perfect simple with ‘already’ to emphasise that something is done, often before the expected time. FOR EXAMPLE: He is the most joyful person that I have ever met, and in just over a year, he has already made the world a better place.   A search in iWeb for: _VHZ already _VVN 1 HAS ALREADY BEGUN 7505 2 …

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affirmative, B1, continuous, FUTURE, PASSIVES, PRESENT, range / added, are, being, built, called, celebrated, completed, created, developed, held, introduced, is, NNT, offered, published, sold, TLC, VB, VVN

There are two B1 passive grammar points that overlap to some degree. B1 point 7 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: PRESENT CONTINUOUS, AFFIRMATIVE limited range of verbs B1 point 9 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: PRESENT CONTINUOUS, FUTURE REFERENCE There are no examples of this grammar in the TLC …

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B1, NEGATIVE, PASSIVES, PRESENT, simple / accepted, advised, allowed, am, approved, are, based, broken, built, called, charged, checked, completed, connected, considered, counted, covered, created, designed, displayed, expected, fixed, held, included, installed, intended, is, limited, located, lost, meant, mentioned, not, offered, permitted, prepared, protected, provided, received, recognized, recommended, registered, removed, required, satisfied, saved, selected, set, shared, sold, supported, tied, VB, VVN, XX

B1 Point 10 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: PRESENT SIMPLE, NEGATIVE + range of pronoun and noun subjects *although ‘range of subjects’ is mentioned above, there is no entry for present simple negative elsewhere. There is no way to automatically check whether  these might actually be C1: ‘it’ with the passive voice …

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ADVERBS, B1, modify, phrases, places / away, built, downstairs, far, growing, keep, lying, move, moved, moving, nearby, parked, practices, RL, stand, standing, stands, stay, stood, upstairs, V

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 48 in ADVERBS/as modifiers is defined as: an increasing range of adverbs and adverb phrases (‘near’, ‘far away’, ‘upstairs’, ‘downstairs’) to indicate place An iWeb search for: _VV far away 1 STAY FAR AWAY 1252 I suggest you stay far away from me. (covered by B2 grammar when followed by a prepositional phrase)   You want some free advice about this one? Stay far …

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B1, B2, gerund, pattern, range, VERBS / adding, avoid, building, built, calculated, checking, consider, continue, created, experience, keep, keeps, kept, missing, moving, planning, pushing, recommend, suggest, tried, try, trying, VV, VVG

Point 29 in the category of verbs/patterns is B1 and defined as: limited range of verbs followed by an ‘-ing’ form. Point 56 in Verbs/patterns is B2 and defined as an increasing range of verbs followed by an ‘-ing’ form. A search for _VV _VVG in iWeb corpus: 1 KEEP GOING 656012 STARTED USING 54040 …

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A1, A2, affirmative, B1, PAST, simple, VERBS / added, arrived, became, broke, brought, built, called, decided, earned, ended, explained, failed, fell, followed, grew, happened, held, hit, included, information, joined, kept, lost, meant, moved, offered, passed, PELIC, posted, received, served, set, spent, tried, turned, VVD, won

Here’s an example of past simple with academic collocation: I added some information now. (listen to this sentence) There are 3 entries in the English Grammar Profile for past simple affirmative range.  This point is best covered by the English Vocabulary Profile since it offers much more detail about vocabulary. A1 point 1 is defined: past simple affirmative form …

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A2, PASSIVES, PAST, simple, singular / added, born, bridge, broken, brought, building, built, castle, century, church, completed, cut, filled, followed, hall, held, hit, killed, lost, meant, offered, passed, posted, recorded, set

Here’s a past simple passive example: “The church was built in 1663.” is an example of A2 passive grammar. In the English Grammar Profile, point 1 in the category of PASSIVE is: past simple affirmative after a singular subject. A search for was _vvn on iWeb corpus: 1 WAS BORN 459313 2 WAS MADE 320241 …

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