hear – English Grammar Profiler

NOUNS, phrases / a, about, almost, AP, believe, did, do, for, give, hear, his, in, it, keep, kept, loss, lost, my, NN, not, other, president, same, say, take, the, understand, utter, VH, VV, with, word, words, XX, _AT

In the English Vocabulary Profile at B1: not believe/understand/hear/say, etc. a word = anything A search in iWeb corpus for: _XX _VV a word 1 N’T SAY A WORD 1726 Don’t say a word against my father. listen 2 NOT SAY A WORD 756 3 N’T UNDERSTAND A WORD 608 It was brilliant, even though I didn’t understand a word of it. listen 4 N’T BELIEVE A …

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B1, CLAUSES, GSE, mental, PRESENT, range, simple, VERBS / agree, believe, correctly, fact, far, hear, heard, however, if, importance, kid, mean, PELIC, personally, remember, sure, that, TLC, understand, while

In the English Grammar Profile at B1, point 28 in the category of PRESENT/simple is defined: an increasing range of mental process verbs, including ‘remember’, ‘understand’, ‘believe’ A similar addition to this point is Pearson’s GSE 62 B2 speak about information acquired from others using ‘hear’ + ‘(that +)’ complement clause. I hear that John and Susie are getting married. I’ve heard that Martin ‘s lost his job. …

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B2, emphasis, object, pattern, sense, VERBS / becoming, feel, happening, hear, moving, myself, N, P, PELIC, posting, see, smell, someone, spending, standing, taste, trying, VV, VVG, yourself

B2 point 54 in VERBS/patterns is defined as: some verbs connected with the senses + direct object + an ‘-ing’ form, to give emphasis to an ongoing activity. *I don’t believe B2 complexity should hinge on ‘activity’.  It should also include a state.  For example: I don’t see myself being with anyone else but you, Sarah. listen An iWeb search for: sense verbs …

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ADVERBS, B2, phrasal, PREPOSITIONS, VERBS / back, from, get, hang, hear, hung, P, PELIC, reach, reached, reaching, RP, stuck, to, VV

B2 English Grammar Profile point 49 in VERBS/phrasal-prepositional is defined as: increasing range of verb + particle + preposition + noun or pronoun   An iWeb search for: _VV _RP _I _P 1 GET BACK TO YOU 19937 EVP C1 They can learn more things from this experience and they might get back to their school with more self-confidence. PELIC STUDENT Korean, Female, level 4, writing class 2 …

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C1, emphasis, infinitive, pattern, sense, VERBS / appear, complain, continue, deserve, feel, hear, PELIC, perform, play, saw, scream, see, seen, smell, smile, succeed, taste, VVI

C1 point 58 in the category of VERBS/patterns some verbs connected with the senses + direct object + infinitive without ‘to’ emphasising a complete action.  Here is a list of sense verbs + pronoun + infinitive A search in iWeb for: feel|smell|taste|hear|see _P _VVI *many of these seem like zero that clauses though. 2 SEE …

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