VH – English Grammar Profiler

NOUNS, phrases / a, about, almost, AP, believe, did, do, for, give, hear, his, in, it, keep, kept, loss, lost, my, NN, not, other, president, same, say, take, the, understand, utter, VH, VV, with, word, words, XX, _AT

In the English Vocabulary Profile at B1: not believe/understand/hear/say, etc. a word = anything A search in iWeb corpus for: _XX _VV a word 1 N’T SAY A WORD 1726 Don’t say a word against my father. listen 2 NOT SAY A WORD 756 3 N’T UNDERSTAND A WORD 608 It was brilliant, even though I didn’t understand a word of it. listen 4 N’T BELIEVE A …

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ADVERBS, C2, MODALITY, participle, PASSIVES, VERBS / affected, also, appointed, appreciated, BE, been, can, closely, easily, explained, fully, greatly, has, have, linked, monitored, never, officially, partially, RR, satisfactorily, transmitted, vaccinated, VB, VH, VM, VV, widely, will, would

While working on another piece of grammar, I noticed a complex piece of grammar that is not listed in the English Grammar Profile.  There are many grammar points that are listed that are about adverbs in the middle position, but none about two which should be listed at C2. A search in iWeb corpus for …

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B1, phrases / am, do, have, I, P, so, VB, VD, VH

In the English Vocabulary Profile at B1, so did we/so have I/so is mine, etc. used to say that someone else also does something or that the same thing is true about someone or something else   I‘m glad you‘re back. So am I, dear boy. listen   A search in iWeb for: so BE _P . 1 SO BE …

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C2, conclusion, deductions, MODALITY, obligation, PAST / caused, committed, demonstrated, got, had, have, occurred, originated, purchased, to, VH, VVN

Here’s an example of past modality:

You HAD TO HAVE KNOWN about the problem before you started driving.

Before the car broke down on the highway, I am sure you noticed something was wrong with the car.

A2, affirmative, auxiliary, CLAUSES, PAST, perfect, PRESENT, QUESTIONS, simple, VERBS / BE, correct, did, do, enough, fair, have, interested, kidding, perfect, planning, serious, sure, true, trying, VB, VD, VH, VVG, 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 A search in NOW corpus for: _VB _P _VVG 1 ARE YOU GOING 38887 2 ARE …

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ADJECTIVES, PAST, perfect, PRESENT, superlative, unique / anyone, become, court, discovered, emerged, encountered, experienced, fears, happened, highest, ideas, JJT, largest, lasted, latest, lowest, nightmare, performances, practices, research, results, revealed, ruled, strongest, successes, tasted, tested, tried, upheld, VH, VVN, worst

B1 Point 41 in the category of PAST is defined as: present perfect simple WITH SUPERLATIVE to talk about a unique experience. This point will clash with superlatives followed by clauses at B2. And it overlaps Point 33 B1 clauses with a present perfect or past perfect as a superlative noun phrase complement, to talk …

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B1, NEGATIVE, PAST, perfect, PRESENT, QUESTIONS / already, considered, fixed, granted, noticed, outlined, updated, VH, VVN, XX

Point 18 in the category of PAST is defined as: present perfect simple negative question *This point overlaps point 17 b1 negative questions. TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST: (discussing match-fixing in soccer) Haven’t you heard about the Italians? male Spain C2 An iWeb search for: VH _XX * _VVN ? 1 HAVE N’T YOU HEARD ? 164 2 HAVE N’T …

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C2, formal, PASSIVES / VH, VV0

Point 39 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as: ‘have’ + object + infinitive without ‘to’ to talk about asking or causing someone to do something, often in formal contexts _VH _P _VV0   1 HAVE YOU BELIEVE 5396   Interesting Engineering From Scientific Research to Memes: A Brief History of the … Amazon …

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ADVERBS, B2, continuous, PAST, perfect, position, PRESENT / also, always, been, challenging, considering, counting, experiencing, testing, VH, VVG, wondering

B2 English Grammar Profile point 53 in the category of PAST is defined as: present perfect continuous with adverbs in the normal mid position. An iWeb search for have|has _r been _vvg 1 HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING 948 2 HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING 754 3 HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING 630 4 HAVE ALSO BEEN USING …

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B2, cause, impersonal, PASSIVES / get, have, VH, VVN

‘Proactive’ means ‘taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens’ In the English Grammar Profile (EGP), B2 point 30 in PASSIVES is defined as: have + object + -ed to talk about something where the speaker is in a pro-active or a passive role. This is slightly similar to …

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