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A rarer grammar structure to do with adverbs, negation and inversion.

Point 55 in the English Grammar Profile under the category of adverbs is defined phrases that modify with an adverb and comparative structure. What is particularly noticeable about this structure is that it attracts higher level vocabulary (as noted in EVP): B1 accurately (1) frequently (2) heavily (1) seriously (1) B2 closely (1) deeply (1) effectively (1) efficiently (1) rapidly (1) readily (1) strongly (1) These […]

Point 54 in the category of adverbs is defined as those that modify to refer to the timing of an event. (This is one of those points that is well found in the EVP too.) The only list that we can find is within the example sentences of the EGP entry: instantly|permanently|recently|shortly|simultaneously Then these were […]

Adverb range for Upper-Intermediate students.

Point 67 in the category of ADJECTIVES in the English Grammar Profile is defined by using ‘a lot’ to modify and intensify comparative adjectives used predicatively after a verb, usually ‘be’ iWeb corpus _v* a lot _jjr* : 1 ‘S A LOT EASIER 3509 collocates 4 to the left and right: 1 THAN (CSN […]

Superlatives and infinitives for upper-intermediate students.

Upper-Intermediate students can post modify ADJECTIVEs with to-infinitive

Some time adjectives to learn before a noun for intermediate students.

How to extend comparatives for intermediate students

Here we will be running a test example of using the complexity checker with real writing.