losing – English Grammar Profiler

B2, gerund, infinitive, MODALITY, NEGATIVE, pattern, VERBS / accept, bear, burden, can, could, false, listening, losing, not, seeing, sight, unpleasant, VM, VVG, VVI, weight, witness, XX

In the English Vocabulary Profile at B2, ‘bear’ is defined: accept someone or something unpleasant For example: I can’t bear to see him like this. listen *There are other uses of ‘bear’ that are more advanced.  However, the sense defined above has a distinct grammar pattern: (CAN | COULD) (often negative) + bear + (to-infinitive | Verb-ing | noun phrase) Verb-ing …

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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, 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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ADJECTIVES, B1, B2, CLAUSES, comparatives, complex, CONJUNCTIONS, GSE, non-finite, phrases / accurate, booking, building, convenient, efficient, hiring, JJ, JJR, keeping, letting, losing, renting, replacing, spending, than, throwing, trying, VVG, winning, worse

The English Grammar Profile B1 Point 84 in the category of CLAUSES is defined as: ‘than’ + a limited range of non-finite clauses (with -ing), forming the second part of a comparison after a comparative adjective This point partially overlaps PEARSON’S: GSE 62 B2 complex comparisons between verb/noun phrases VERB PHRASE 1/NOUN PHRASE 1 + …

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A2, gerund, infinitive, pattern, preferences, VERBS / break, call, hate, hated, keep, keeping, lose, losing, love, prefer, preferred, prefers, receive, share, sharing, sound, spend, throw, VVG, VVI

Point 19 VERBS/patterns is defined as: verbs expressing preference followed either by a ‘to’-infinitive or an ‘-ing’ form, with no change in meaning. *Much of this grammar overlaps A2 Modality, for example, “I would love to share with you.”   A search in iWeb for LOVE _VVG 1 LOVE SEEING 14175 2 LOVE USING 13703 3 LOVE WORKING …

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B1, CLAUSES, gerund, non-finite, subordinate, time / adding, after, applying, arriving, attempting, attending, becoming, before, checking, clicking, completing, continuing, deciding, entering, failing, falling, hitting, installing, joining, losing, missing, moving, passing, PELIC, posting, reaching, receiving, removing, returning, scoring, serving, setting, signing, spending, TLC, trying, turning, VVG, winning

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 61 in the category of CLAUSES is defined as: non-finite subordinate clause with ‘before’ and ‘after’ + ‘-ing’, before or after a main clause, to refer to time. Another way to say this is: ‘after + gerund’ or ‘before + gerund’ Also, note that this point will clash with …

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