THIS + time word – English Grammar Profiler

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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 3 PUBLISHED THIS WEEK 2113 4 SAID THIS YEAR 1454 5 SAID THIS MORNING 1314 6 MADE THIS YEAR 1095 7 REPORTED THIS WEEK 1016 8 PUBLISHED THIS MONTH 892 9 ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING 837

10 ARRIVED THIS MORNING 823

11 HAPPENED THIS WEEK 765 12 PLAYED THIS SEASON 714 13 STARTED THIS WEEK 646 14 PUBLISHED THIS YEAR 638 15 HAPPENED THIS YEAR 635 16 STARTED THIS YEAR 630

17 WON THIS YEAR 613

18 DIED THIS WEEK 583 19 SAID THIS MONTH 581 20 LAUNCHED THIS WEEK 572

21 HELD THIS YEAR 520

22 DIED THIS MORNING 506

23 RECEIVED THIS YEAR 468

24 BEGAN THIS WEEK 465 25 MADE THIS WEEK 452 26 SAW THIS YEAR 442 27 PLAYED THIS YEAR 437 28 OPENED THIS WEEK 428 29 KNEW THIS DAY 427

30 LAUNCHED THIS YEAR 426

_VVD * this_D _NNT1

1 WOKE UP THIS MORNING 4235
2 SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK 1416 3 SAID EARLIER THIS MONTH 1123 4 ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR 1000 5 SAID EARLIER THIS YEAR 988 6 PUBLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR 948 7 ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH 778 8 LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS YEAR 691

9 ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK 604

We‘ve discovered over 350 in the last 14 years, including the small planet, announced earlier this week, which has a radius just twice the size of the Earth.

TED

This is not the best example because ‘announced’ is more complex since it is a past participle = “It was announced”

10 DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR 554 11 CAME OUT THIS YEAR 489 12 GOT UP THIS MORNING 471 13 CAME OUT THIS WEEK 452 14 REPORTED EARLIER THIS MONTH 452 15 REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK 413 16 REPORTED EARLIER THIS YEAR 387 17 PUBLISHED EARLIER THIS MONTH 351 18 PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR 342 19 OPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR 324

20 DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH 293

_VVD * * this_D _NNT1

1 SAID . THIS YEAR 884 2 SAID . ” THIS YEAR 702 3 SAID : ” THIS YEAR 485 4 PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS YEAR 341 5 CAME OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR 314 6 SAID . THIS WEEK 259 7 SAID . ” THIS TIME 211 8 TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR 199

9 TRIED AGAIN . THIS TIME 158

10 TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS MONTH 151 11 TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS YEAR 141 12 TRIED AGAIN , THIS TIME 121 13 WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME 118 14 SAID . THIS TIME 114

15 MOVED AGAIN , THIS TIME 104

16 MANAGED TO GET THIS YEAR 101 17 SAID , ” THIS YEAR 97 18 TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS WEEK 94 19 WOKE UP EARLY THIS MORNING 87

20 GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME 86

A2 vocabulary:

arrived, earlier, happened, held, moved, passed, received, tried, won

B1:

announced, came out, got in, managed, published, reported, season

EXPERT EXAMPLES:

I admit I had a smidgeon of trouble coming up with this week’s column.

bedfordgazette.com

*our grammar is hidden under more complex grammar.