Collins Cobuild English Grammar (229 page)

passive
3.207
,
3.208
,
9.3
,
9.8
–
9.24
,
R109
–
R119
,
R129

for expressing general beliefs
7.69

in reported speech
7.73
–
7.74

formation
9.9
,
R109
–
R119
,
R129

with
by
9.14

mentioning things or methods used
9.15

of verbs referring to states
9.16

phrasal verbs in
9.17

verbs that are usually used in the passive
9.18

verbs that are rarely used in the passive
9.19

of reporting verbs
9.45

past continuous
see
 
past progressive

past forms
R52
–
R84

past perfect
4.37
–
4.39
,
R102

for emphasizing time and duration
4.38

for expectations and wishes
4.39

time adverbials used with the past perfect
4.49
–
4.51

past perfect progressive
4.38
–
4.39
,
R103

past progressive
4.31
–
4.32
,
R99

repeated actions
4.31

contrasting events
4.32

used with the past simple
4.44

time adverbials used with past progressive
4.45

for events planned in the past
4.67
–
4.68

past simple
4.27
–
4.30
,
R98

for habitual and regular actions
4.30

time adverbials used with past simple
4.44

past time
4.26
–
4.51

•past perfect
4.37
–
4.39
,
R102

•past perfect progressive
4.38
,
R103

•past progressive
4.31
–
4.32
,
R99

•past simple
4.27
–
4.30
,
R98

•present perfect
4.33
–
4.36
,
R100

•present perfect progressive
4.35
,
R101

repeated actions
4.31

using time adverbials to indicate past time
4.40

modals in
5.133
–
5.139

percentages
2.249
,
R49

performative verbs (verbs used to perform an action)
7.64
–
7.66

permission
5.140
–
5.143

personal pronouns
1.5
,
1.95
–
1.106

subject pronouns
1.96
–
1.103

position in clause
1.105
–
1.106

persuading
5.183

persuasive invitations
5.178
–
5.179

phrasal verbs
3.83
–
3.116
,
6.111
,
9.17

intransitive phrasal verbs with adverbs
3.85
–
3.86

intransitive phrasal verbs with prepositions
3.87
–
3.88
,
9.23
–
9.24

transitive phrasal verbs
3.91
–
3.92

used both with and without an object
3.93
–
3.96

ergative phrasal verbs
3.97
–
3.100

position of the object
3.101
–
3.102

when the object is a pronoun
3.103

transitive phrasal verbs with prepositions
3.107
–
3.108

intransitive three-word phrasal verbs
3.111
–
3.112

transitive three-word phrasal verbs
3.113
–
3.114

in questions and relative clauses
3.115
–
3.116

place clauses
8.73
–
8.77

place names
6.122
–
6.127

for talking about the people who live or work there
6.125

for talking about events
6.126

as modifiers before nouns
6.127

plural forms
1.19
–
1.20
,
1.91
–
1.92
,
2.170
,
2.182
,
2.184
,
2.243
,
R2
–
R19

plural nouns
1.41
–
1.46

use with modifiers
1.43

with or without determiners
1.44

politeness
9.90
,
5.217
–
5.218
,
5.220
,
5.184

possession
1.194
–
1.222

possessive pronouns
1.107
–
1.110

possessive determiners
1.194
–
1.210

apostrophe
s
(
‘s
)
1.211
–
1.221

other ways of showing
1.222

possessive determiners
1.194
–
1.210

table of possessive determiners
1.195
–
1.196

position
1.197
–
1.198

agreement with noun
1.199

use of
own
1.200

uses of possessive determiners
1.201
–
1.207

generic use
1.208

in titles
1.210

before
-ing
participle
3.203

possessive form
see
 
apostrophe
s

possessive pronouns
1.107
–
1.110

used with
of
1.109
–
1.110

possibility
5.115
,
5.135
–
5.136
,
5.225
–
5.229
,
7.54
,
9.87

postdeterminers
2.40

predeterminers
1.251

predicative adjectives
2.44
–
2.50

prefacing structures (introducing your statement)
9.73
–
9.78

preference
5.204

prefixes
2.75
,
R68
,
R77
–
R78

prepositional phrases
6.3
,
6.78
–
6.121

referring to time
4.85
–
4.142
,
6.103

position of
6.78

after nouns
6.100
–
6.101

showing reason, cause, or purpose
6.110

after nouns and adjectives
6.117
–
6.120

with reporting verbs
7.85

prepositions
6.73
–
6.121

after verbs showing position
6.78

after verbs indicating movement
6.79
–
6.83

after verbs indicating activities
6.80
–
6.81

showing position
6.85
–
6.87

with comparative forms
6.88

showing position and distance
6.92

showing direction
6.93
–
6.99

used with verbs
6.111
–
6.116

extended meanings of prepositions
6.121

present continuous
see
 
present progressive