| QUESTIONS |
yes/no |
B1 |
USE: SEEKING AGREEMENT
Can use negative 'yes/no' questions to involve the listener or reader by seeking agreement. |
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| QUESTIONS |
yes/no |
C2 |
FORM/USE: NEGATIVE QUESTIONS WITH 'NOT', EMPHASIS
Can form negative questions with uncontracted 'not' to emphasise a point in an argument. |
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| VERBS |
phrasal-prepositional |
A2 |
FORM/USE: 'LOOK FORWARD TO'
Can use 'look forward to' as a fixed expression followed by an '-ing' form or noun phrase, usually at the end of correspondence. |
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| VERBS |
phrasal-prepositional |
B1 |
FORM: VERB + PARTICLE + PREPOSITION + OBJECT
Can use a limited range of verbs + particle + preposition + noun or pronoun. |
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| VERBS |
phrasal-prepositional |
B2 |
FORM: VERB + PARTICLE + PREPOSITION + OBJECT
Can use an increasing range of verb + particle + preposition + noun or pronoun. |
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| VERBS |
phrasal-prepositional |
C1 |
FORM: PHRASAL-PREPOSITIONAL VERB, STRANDED PREPOSITION
Can use verb + particle + preposition, where the preposition is separated from its complement. ► Prepositions |
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| VERBS |
phrasal-prepositional |
C2 |
FORM: VERB + DIRECT OBJECT + PARTICLE + PREPOSITION + OBJECT
Can use a direct object with some prepositional verbs as well as an object of the preposition. |
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| VERBS |
prepositional |
A1 |
FORM: VERB + PREPOSITION + OBJECT
Can use a limited range of prepositional verbs followed by noun or pronoun objects. |
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| VERBS |
prepositional |
B1 |
FORM: VERB + PREPOSITION + OBJECT
Can use an increasing range of prepositional verbs followed by noun or pronoun objects. |
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| VERBS |
prepositional |
B2 |
FORM: PREPOSITIONAL VERB, STRANDED PREPOSITION
Can use verb + preposition, where the preposition is separated from its complement. |
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| VERBS |
prepositional |
B2 |
FORM: VERB + ADVERB + PREPOSITION
Can use an adverb between the verb and the preposition. |
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| VERBS |
patterns_that clauses |
A2 |
FORM: REPORTING VERBS + DIRECT OBJECT 'THAT'-CLAUSE
Can use a limited range of verbs, typically reporting, with a 'that'-clause as the direct object. |
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| VERBS |
patterns_that clauses |
A2 |
FORM: VERBS + DIRECT OBJECT CLAUSE WITHOUT 'THAT'
Can use reporting verbs, especially mental process verbs, with a clause as the direct object, without 'that', especially in informal contexts. |
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| VERBS |
patterns_that clauses |
A2 |
FORM: VERBS + INDIRECT OBJECT CLAUSE
Can use verbs, typically reporting verbs, followed by a noun or pronoun as the indirect object and a clause with or without 'that', as the direct object. |
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| VERBS |
patterns_that clauses |
B1 |
FORM: REPORTING VERBS + DIRECT OBJECT 'THAT'-CLAUSE
Can use an increasing range of verbs, typically reporting or mental process verbs, with a 'that'-clause as the direct object. |
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| VERBS |
patterns_that clauses |
B1 |
FORM: VERBS + PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE + 'THAT'-CLAUSE
Can use some reporting verbs with a prepositional phrase followed by a 'that'-clause as the direct object. |
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| VERBS |
phrasal |
A2 |
FORM: NO OBJECT
Can use a limited range of phrasal verbs without an object. |
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| VERBS |
phrasal |
A2 |
FORM: VERB + PRONOUN + PARTICLE
Can use a limited range of phrasal verbs + object pronoun + particle. |
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| VERBS |
phrasal |
B1 |
FORM: NO OBJECT
Can use an increasing range of phrasal verbs without an object. |
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| VERBS |
phrasal |
B1 |
FORM: VERB + PARTICLE + OBJECT
Can use a limited range of phrasal verbs + particle + object. |
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