stood – English Grammar Profiler

ADVERBS, B1, habitual, PAST, simple / always, assumed, beyond, bit, extra, happened, idea, if, impression, just, laugh, look out, mile, myself, odd, PELIC, point, reminded, seemed, so, stood, struck, VVD, weird, wondered

Point 25 in the category of PAST simple  is defined as: habitual states or actions. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: They always went back late. Chinese male, level 3, writing class. Both examples in the EGP follow the pattern ‘always + past simple verb’ An iWeb search for: always _VVD * * * 1 ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE 680 …

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ADVERBS, B1, modify, phrases, places / built, downstairs, growing, keep, lying, move, moved, moving, nearby, parked, practices, RL, stand, standing, stands, stood, upstairs, V

Point 48 in ADVERBS/as modifiers is defined as: an increasing range of adverbs and adverb phrases (‘near’, ‘far away’, ‘upstairs’, ‘downstairs’) to indicate place An iWeb search for: _VV far away 1 STAY FAR AWAY 1252 2 LIVE FAR AWAY 1205 3 SEEMS FAR AWAY 249 4 LIVES FAR AWAY 245 5 SEEM FAR AWAY …

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