this – English Grammar Profiler

NOUNS, phrases / a, APPGE, best, both, business, end, feel, good, JJ, my, of, on, out, the, their, this, top, VD, whole, world, worlds

In this post, we give examples of 7 different ways the noun ‘world‘ is used in English. In the English Vocabulary Profile at A2: your world = your life and experiences A search in NOW corpus for: _APPGE world 1 OUR WORLD 67437 This may be literally our planet. 2 THEIR WORLD 33865 Note that ‘their’ …

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B1, indefinite, PAST, perfect, PRESENT, simple, time / changed, developed, grown, has, have, increased, NNT1, PELIC, recent, this, today, VVN, week, year, years

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 20 in the category of PAST is defined: present perfect simple: UNFINISHED refer to a state or period of time which is unlimited or indefinite. PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE: I have already gotten several wrong numbers this month. Japanese female level 4 grammar class EXPERT EXAMPLES: It‘s been proven to me time and time again as people have walked up to me this week simply because of what I‘m wearing, and we‘ve had great conversations. …

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B1, date, demonstrative, DETERMINERS, PAST, time / announced, arrived, earlier, got in, happened, held, managed, moved, NNT1, published, received, reported, season, this, TLC, tried, VVD, won

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 42 in the category of DETERMINERS/demonstratives is defined as: ‘this’ with time and date words to refer to the past. Speaking test example: When did you go to London? I went this year. TLC, Male, Italy, B1 A search in iWeb for: _VVD this_D _NNT1 1 SAID THIS WEEK 5943 2 ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK 3344 …

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B1, countable, demonstrative, NOUNS, PRONOUNS, singular, substitution / bit, breath, careful, DD1, disagree, forgot, forward, however, if, luck, most, mostly, one, seems, similar, so, still, strong, sure, that, this, trust, try, yeah

Here are two grammar points in the English Grammar Profile’s category of Pronouns at B1 that should be merged into one. Point 43 this one’, ‘that one’ as a substitute for countable singular nouns that have previously been mentioned. Point 64 THIS ONE’, ‘THAT ONE’” to refer to a singular countable noun. Searches in iWeb …

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C2, demonstrative, DETERMINERS, highlight, NOUNS, positive, possessive, PRONOUNS / his, JJ, mine, NN, of, passion, PPGE, theirs, this, war, world

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, demonstrative, DETERMINERS, immediacy, narrative, NOUNS, phrases / EX, girl, there, this, VB

C2 point 64 in DETERMINERS/demonstratives is defined as: ‘this’ with nouns and noun phrases in a narrative to create a sense of immediacy. All the examples in the English Grammar Profile follow the pattern ‘There + BE + this + noun phrase’ A search on iWeb for: there_EX _VB this _N 1 THERE ‘S THIS …

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A2, B1, PRONOUNS, singular, time / around, by, DD1, especially, exactly, far, if, is, just, mean, means, most, nothing, PELIC, probably, reason, story, this, true, turn, type, useful, way

Here are a few English Grammar Profile points in the category of PRONOUNS/demonstratives which are hard to locate manually in corpora: A2 point 10: ‘this’ to refer to something that is happening now. A2 point 36: ‘this’ as a pronoun with singular reference. B1 point 41: ‘this’ as a pronoun to refer back to whole …

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B1, demonstrative, DETERMINERS, modify, PRONOUNS, quantity / all, DD, MC1, of, one, PELIC, some, that, these, this, those, was

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 52 in the category of PRONOUNS / demonstratives is defined as: quantifying determiners + ‘of’ with demonstrative pronouns An iWeb search for: _DD of _DD 1 SOME OF THESE 258542 STUDENT example: The hospitality in Saudi Arabia is very different between provinces. Some of these have traditional hospitality, but others have modern hospitality. PELIC Arabic male level 3 …

ADVERBS, DETERMINERS / DD1, RG, this

1 THIS (DD1) 81536098 4 THIS (RG) 28301 adverb (before an adjective, adverb, or ‘much’)

B2, CLAUSES, FOCUS, relative / PELIC, place, provide, reason, say, that, the, this, TLC, which

In the English Grammar Profile, B2 Point 4 in the category of FOCUS is defined as ‘The reason (that)’, ‘The place (which)’ + clause as subject + ‘be’ for focus. — Expert example: But the reason that a lot of his fans are in the stands is because of another video. listen Student in speaking test example: I think the reason …

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