correct – English Grammar Profiler
A2, affirmative, auxiliary, CLAUSES, PAST, perfect, PRESENT, QUESTIONS, simple, VERBS / BE, correct, did, do, enough, fair, have, interested, kidding, perfect, planning, serious, sure, true, trying, VB, VD, VH, VVG, XX, you
Here is another group of A2 English Grammar Profile points that overlap multiple categories. Many of these could be all merged into one point. Point 3 in the category of QUESTIONS: yes/no AUXILIARY ‘BE’ + subject + the continuous A search in NOW corpus for: _VB _P _VVG 1 ARE YOU GOING 38887 2 ARE …
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ADJECTIVES, B1, DETERMINERS, modify, PRONOUNS, substitution / a, common, correct, current, D, earlier, existing, few, JJ, larger, lucky, main, major, obvious, ones, original, particular, PELIC, previous, real, several, whose
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 40 in the category of PRONOUNS/substitution is defined as: determiners + premodifers + ‘ones’ EXPERT EXAMPLE: These are the more common ones around today. TED PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: (referring to outdoor activities) I think Bodrum has the best ones. Turkish, Male, Level 3, Writing Class. A search in iWeb for: _A _J ones 1 THE ONLY ONES 45418 2 YOUR …
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B1, indirect, options, PRONOUNS, QUESTIONS, substitution / correct, decide, figure, following, guess, idea, if, let, matter, most, one, out, PELIC, prefer, recommend, should, situation, so, suits, sure, trying, way, which
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 44 in the category of PRONOUNS/substitution is defined as: ‘one’ after ‘which’ in indirect questions to refer to one of two or more options. For example: If I were to show you these two urban scenes, and I were to ask you which one is more beautiful, which one would you say? TED *not all the examples are ‘indirect questions’ in the EGP examples. A search in iWeb for: which one …
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ADJECTIVES, B1, general, modify, PRONOUNS, substitution / basic, certain, common, correct, dead, earlier, existing, free, fresh, future, healthy, JJ, large, larger, local, lower, lucky, main, modern, natural, negative, NN2, normal, obvious, ones, original, PELIC, popular, positive, previous, real, recent, regular, remaining, similar, simple, smart, SPECIAL, successful, tiny, top, traditional, wild
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 50 in the category of PRONOUNS/substitution is defined as: premodifiers with ‘ones’, to refer to something in general. An iWeb search for: _JJ ones 1 LOVED ONES 102997 2 NEW ONES 78751 3 LITTLE ONES 58655 4 ONLY ONES 46742 5 GOOD ONES 26844 6 OLD ONES 24098 7 OTHER …
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alternative, annoyance, B1, CLAUSES, impatience, NEGATIVE, QUESTIONS, substitution / among, believe, case, correct, difference, earning, election, future, god, idea, issue, normal, not, or, PELIC, president, real, true, truth, worth, XX
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 23 in the category of QUESTIONS is defined as: alternative questions using ‘or not’ to substitute for a clause, sometimes to express annoyance or impatience An iWeb search for: * * or not ? 1 THIS EARNING OR NOT ? 287 2 GOOD IDEA OR NOT ? 122 Is drinking fruit juices a good idea or not? …
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A2, ADJECTIVES, range / afraid, amazing, available, careful, clear, complete, correct, free, full, interested, JJ, PELIC, perfect, simple, sure, surprised, true, useful, VB
In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 16 in ADJECTIVES/position is defined as: increasing range of adjectives predicatively, after ‘be’. *This grammar point is better expanded in the English Vocabulary Profile because it offers more detail about vocabulary. A search on iWeb for _VB _JJ *note that not all of the following are ‘predicative’ 1 BE …
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