expecting – English Grammar Profiler

B1, continuous, FUTURE, NEGATIVE / accepting, adding, appearing, attending, BE, bringing, commenting, competing, covering, expecting, fighting, happening, holding, joining, losing, missing, moving, not, offering, operating, ordering, participating, performing, posting, providing, purchasing, receiving, releasing, renewing, replacing, returning, seeking, selling, spending, trying, VM, VVG, wasting, will, winning, XX

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 32 in the category of FUTURE is defined: future continuous NEGATIVE WITH ‘WILL’ (won’t) An iWeb search for: wo|will _X be _VVG 1 GETTING 2959 2 GOING 2821 3 USING 2817 4 USING 2040 5 MAKING 1550 6 WILL NOT BE RETURNING 1537 Mamamia Kim Cattrall will not be returning as Samantha. …

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B1, continuous, PAST, QUESTIONS / acting, expecting, fighting, happening, hoping, lacking, missing, nothing, P, PELIC, planning, referring, shooting, someone, trying, VBD, VVG, was, were, wondering

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 28 in the category of PAST is defined: past continuous question form Here’s an iWeb search for: was|were _P _VVG *not all these will lead to questions. 1 WERE YOU THINKING 2389 EXPERT EXAMPLE: What were you thinking? stuff.co.nz 2 WAS I GOING 2198 3 WERE THEY THINKING 1716 4 WERE YOU …

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B1, continuous, PAST, reason / acting, because, becoming, causing, expecting, experiencing, fighting, hoping, laughing, losing, moving, planning, searching, spending, struggling, suffering, trying, VVG, was, were, wondering

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 37 in the category of PAST/continuous  is defined: give a reason for something, often with ‘because’ PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: I could not focus on my reading at all, after a while because I was sweating hard. Chinese male, level 5, writing class An iWeb search for: because * _VBD _VVG 1 BECAUSE I WAS TRYING 1574 2 BECAUSE I …

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B1, continuous, NEGATIVE / acting, breathing, expecting, happening, lying, moving, planning, receiving, referring, responding, TLC, trying, VBD, VVG, XX

Point 39 in the category of PAST is past continuous NEGATIVE TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST: (discussing saving money as a child) I was saving. I was not eating chocolates. I was just spending my money on my studies. male India B1 An iWeb search: _VBD _XX _VVG 1 WAS N’T GOING 29202 2 WAS NOT GOING 16267 3 WERE NOT GOING 12242 4 WAS N’T WORKING 8222 …

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