B2 Point 131 in the category of MODALITY is defined as: ‘you have (got) to’ to make a strong suggestion. Because the ‘have (got) to structure is found at lower levels too, it is hard to find this formally and because it requires interpretation (not obligation).  This structure is found with a great deal of […]

The B2 Point 4 in the category of FOCUS is defined as ‘The reason (that)’, ‘The place (which)’ + clause as subject + ‘be’ for focus. *although the verb ‘be’ is probably the most common, for complexity, we should also accept any verb after the clause. Hindustan Times The reason that less number of workers […]

What does a wide range really mean? Read more It is very hard to distinguish between levels for some items because it is not clear on the EGP too. Read more One of the rarest C2 grammar structures is the present perfect continuous passive Read more Which verbs should I learn first? Read more There’s […]

But’ is usually a conjunction. It is also used in phrases as a preposition or adverb. 1 (CCB) 3 (RR22) 5 (II21) 6 (II) 7 (CS) Read more Point 45 in the category of NOUNS is defined as: increasing range of complex noun phrases with more than one adjective combined with ‘but’. 1 SERIOUS BUT […]

Point 102 in MODALITY and INDIRECTNESS is defined as: ‘would’ with verbs such as ‘advise’, ‘imagine’, ‘recommend’, ‘say’ to be less direct. *We are not sure if ‘indirectness’ is absolutely crucial to defining the complexity level of our following examples. Frequency in the iWeb corpus of these can be divided: Here are some of the […]

Point 55 in MODALITY is defined as: ‘it would be’ to make suggestions. On iWeb it would be _jj 1 IT WOULD BE NICE 50238 2 IT WOULD BE GREAT 34095   NEWS.com.au Ben Brown: North forward’s knee injury not as serious as first thought I don’t think it would be great for anyone’s knee.” […]

Point 5 in the category of FOCUS is defined as: ‘The thing, fact, point, problem, or reason + is (that)’ for focus.   Brisbane Times The thing is that any additional money you have sitting directly in your mortgage is not safe for you to access any time. Warrnambool Standard The fact is, high carbon […]

Point 57 in the category of FUTURE in the past is defined as: ‘simple past form of ‘be’ + ‘on the point of’ + ‘-ing’ to talk about things that were expected to happen soon after a point in the past 1 WAS ON THE POINT OF BEING 53 2 WAS ON THE POINT OF […]