prove – English Grammar Profiler

A2, ability, affirmative, B1, MODALITY, range, suggestion, VERBS / add, allow, apply, argue, become, benefit, bring, build, call, care, consider, continue, cost, could, create, cut, explain, fall, fit, handle, happen, hold, imagine, improve, include, increase, keep, lead, lose, mean, move, offer, pick, produce, prove, provide, pull, reach, receive, reduce, result, save, sell, serve, set, share, spend, stand, try, turn, VM, VVI, win, work, XX

A2 point 52 in MODALITY: ‘could’ with a limited range of verbs to make suggestions. A2 point 27 in MODALITY: negative form B1 point 78 in MODALITY: affirmative form of ‘could’ to talk about ability. B1 point 79 in MODALITY: ‘could’ with an increasing range of verbs to make suggestions. An iWeb search for: could …

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B1, infinitive, MODALITY / accept, act, adapt, add, adjust, admit, agree, assume, battle, beat, become, bite, break, bring, build, call, cancel, charge, check, compete, compromise, consider, continue, convince, cover, create, cut, deal, decide, defend, deliver, develop, dig, disagree, drop, earn, endure, expect, experiment, explain, fight, figure, fill, fix, focus, follow, force, grow, happen, hate, have, hire, hit, hold, hope, improve, include, increase, invest, jump, keep, kill, let, likely, lose, manage, mess, move, offer, order, overcome, pass, PELIC, perform, pick, plan, prepare, produce, prove, provide, pull, purchase, push, quit, raise, realize, rebuild, remove, replace, return, save, score, search, sell, set, settle, share, shoot, shut, sign, solve, sort, spend, stand, step, stick, suffer, switch, throw, to, trust, try, turn, upgrade, win

Point 117 in the category of MODALITY is defined: ‘have to’ as an infinitive form *This will overlap sometimes with B2 adjectives followed by an infinitive. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: A child is very expensive, this causes parents to have to work more, which can lead to frustration and anger. Taiwanese female, level 4 writing class. An iWeb search for: * _TO have _TO _VVI 1 GOING TO HAVE TO GET 4269 …

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A2, affirmative, FUTURE, MODALITY, possibility, PRESENT, weak / add, allow, appear, apply, become, benefit, bring, call, charge, collect, consider, contact, contain, continue, create, decide, develop, enter, exist, experience, explain, fall, happen, hold, include, increase, involve, lead, lose, may, mean, might, notice, offer, order, PELIC, prefer, prevent, produce, prove, provide, receive, recommend, reduce, remain, request, require, result, return, seem, serve, share, sound, suggest, try, turn, VM, VVI, wish

A2 points 34 and 48 in the category of MODALITY are defined as: ‘may‘ to talk about weak possibility referring to the present and the future affirmative A2 point 47: ‘might’ … weak possibility. An iWeb search for: may_VM _VVI 1 MAY NEED 294017 2 MAY WANT 253501 3 MAY TAKE 159078 4 MAY INCLUDE 156112 …

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A2, B1, PRONOUNS, range, reflexive, singular, VERBS / allow, bring, buy, call, calls, challenge, consider, defend, enjoy, herself, himself, imagine, introduce, itself, keep, kill, killed, lend, lends, let, limit, lose, myself, PELIC, position, PPX1, prepare, protect, prove, push, remind, save, set, setting, surround, TLC, V, yourself

B1 Point 55 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: increasing range of singular reflexive pronouns with an increasing range of verbs to refer to actions where the subject and object of the verb are the same. A2 Point 12: range of singular reflexive pronouns (‘myself’, ‘yourself’) with a limited range of verbs (‘enjoy’, …

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auxiliary, B2, MODALITY, semi, VERBS / apply, consider, dare, fear, need, PELIC, prove, provide, VVI, wonder, XX

This is another overlapping B2 grammar point found in a few different places in the English Grammar Profile. Point 47 in VERBS is defined as semi-modal auxiliary verbs, ‘dare’ and ‘need’. The two examples are both in the negative. And the comments in the EGP are very interesting for this point: LOW FREQUENCY ITEM. There …

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ADJECTIVES, B1, infinitive / access, achieve, allow, apply, avoid, consider, continue, control, create, deliver, develop, gain, increase, install, manage, necessary, operate, perform, prevent, produce, protect, prove, provide, reach, reduce, remove, replace, succeed, support

In this grammar research post, we have collected all the B1 verbs that go after necessary.