his – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Vocabulary Profile: NOUN give vent to = C2 to express strong anger or another strong feeling VERB vent your anger/frustration, etc. = C2 to do or say something to show your anger or another strong, bad feeling A search for collocates in iWeb for: gave vent to (gave is more common) 1 …
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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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The verb ‘assert’ is C1 in the English Vocabulary Profile: [T] FORMAL to say that something is certainly true ‘assert yourself’ is C2: to behave or speak in a strong, confident way For example: Bright Side Of The Sun The Suns began to assert themselves midway through the fourth. or ‘assert your authority/control/independence, etc.’ is also C2: to do something …
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A1 point 9 in the category of DETERMINERS is defined: possessive determiners ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’, ‘her’ and ‘our’ before nouns. A search in iWeb for: my|your|his|her|our _NN 1 YOUR BUSINESS 624027 You need to know a lot of things about how to make your business. TLC STUDENT EXAMPLE male Russia B2 2 YOUR HOME 598828 3 MY LIFE 576086 4 YOUR LIFE 560286 5 YOUR …
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In the English Grammar Profile, C2 point 113 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: possessive pronouns ‘hers’, ‘theirs’ and ‘his’ after noun + ‘of’. A search in iWeb for: _N of his_P . 1 FRIEND OF HIS. 504 2 FAN OF HIS. 304 3 FRIENDS OF HIS. 115 4 PASSION OF HIS. 67 Thoroughbred …
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Point 118 in PRONOUNS is defined as: the possessive pronoun ‘his’, with singular and plural reference, in subject and object position, and complement positions after ‘be’ and after prepositions. An iWeb search for: his_P _V *The Claws7 tagging for this grammar point struggles to decide between words that can be both verbs and nouns, and …
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Here are examples of using the determiner ‘this’ + noun + ‘of’ a possessive pronoun to highlight: I’m impressed at how the students have picked up on this war of his. listen In this world of theirs, nothing is bad or evil. listen C2 point 70 in DETERMINERS/demonstratives is defined as: ‘this’ + noun + ‘of’ + possessive pronoun to highlight something, often in a positive way. An iWeb search for: this _NN of …
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C2 point 69 in DETERMINERS/possessives is defined as: ‘s without a following noun when the noun has already been mentioned or is obvious in the context. A search in iWeb for: The examples in the EGP both contain a possessive adjective too, so we will use this here to help highlight out grammar. _AP _N …
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