VD – English Grammar Profiler

A2, affirmative, auxiliary, CLAUSES, PAST, perfect, PRESENT, QUESTIONS, simple, VERBS / BE, did, do, have, VB, VD, VH, XX, you

Here is another group of A2 English Grammar Profile points that overlap multiple categories.  Many of these could be all merged into one point. Point 3 in the category of QUESTIONS: yes/no AUXILIARY ‘BE’ + subject + the continuous Point 5 in QUESTIONS: MAIN VERB ‘BE’ + subject to form ‘yes/no’ question Point 40 in …

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A2, affirmative, base, CLAUSES, imperatives, NEGATIVE, VERBS / add, bear, believe, boil, bring, call, click, contact, do, follow, forget, free, full, help, hope, however, if, include, keep, let, list, me, mind, most, out, PELIC, prepare, set, sharing, so, star, sure, take, thank, try, us, VD, video, view, VV0, VVI, XX

Here are two A2 English Grammar Profile points in different categories that cover imperatives. Point 39 in the category of CLAUSES is defined: affirmative imperative with the base form of a main verb Point 7 in NEGATION:  negative imperatives of main verbs with ‘don’t’ + main verb. However, ‘let me/us’ is listed at B2 in …

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CLAUSES, complements, mental, NEGATIVE, VERBS / believe, CST, P, that, think, VD, XX

Point 14 in the category of NEGATION: negative forms of mental process verbs (‘I don’t think’, ‘I don’t believe’) followed by a complement clause, where the negative form is in the mental process verb rather than the complement clause An iWeb search for: _P _VD _X think|believe that_C 1 I DO N’T THINK THAT 20060 …

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