Collins Cobuild English Grammar (233 page)

until
4.140
,
4.142
,
8.20
,
8.24

unwillingness
5.194
,
5.197
–
5.199
,
5.239
–
5.241

us
1.104
,
1.122

used to
5.252
–
5.255
,
7.57

—————— V ——————

verbs

•auxiliary verbs
5.12
–
5.13
,
5.16
,
5.53
–
5.56
,
8.167
,
10.61
–
10.71
,
R80
–
R87

•compound verbs
3.117
–
3.125

•delexical verbs
3.32
–
3.45

•ditransitive verbs (verbs with two objects)
3.7
,
3.73
–
3.82
,
9.20

•ergative verbs
3.59
–
3.67

•intransitive verbs
3.2
–
3.13
,
8.165

•linking verbs
3.126
–
3.181

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

•phrasal verbs
3.83
–
3.116
,
6.111
,
9.17

•reciprocal verbs
3.5
,
3.68
–
3.70

•reflexive verbs
3.26
–
3.31

•reporting verbs
3.24
–
3.25
,
7.5
–
7.15
,
7.33
–
7.34

•stative verbs
4.69
,
R120
–
R122

•transitive verbs
3.3
,
3.14
–
3.45
,
3.123

list of verbs of position
3.12

verbs that can be used both with and without an object
3.46

list of verbs that can be transitive or intransitive depending on the meaning
3.48

verbs that do not always need an object
3.49
–
3.50

list of transitive verbs that can be used without an object
3.50

verbs that can take an object or a prepositional phrase
3.55
–
3.57

verbs of movement
3.58

verbs that involve people affecting each other with the same action
3.68

verbs that can have two objects
3.73
–
3.82

verbs that usually have both a direct object and an indirect object
3.82

verbs with object complements
3.128

verbs that relate to causing something to happen
3.162

verbs that relate to giving someone a job or role
3.164

verbs of opinion
3.165
–
3.168

using two main verbs together
3.182
–
3.211

verbs followed by an
-ing
participle
3.190
–
3.191

verbs followed by a
to
-infinitive
3.192
–
3.194

verbs with an infinitive without
to
3.205

verbs followed by
for
and a
to
-infinitive
3.209

list of verbs used to specify position
6.78

verbs of thinking and knowing
7.9

verbs of learning and perceiving
7.10
–
7.11

verbs that describe the way in which something is said
7.19
–
7.21

verbs used with
that
-clauses
7.30

verbs usually used in the passive
9.18

list of verbs rarely used in the passive
9.19

list of verbs often used in split sentences about needs and wants
9.30

list of verbs that can have impersonal
it
as object
9.35

list of verbs used with impersonal
it
to describe the weather
9.36

verb forms
R50
–
R88

pronunciation
R55
,
R57
,
R59

formation of participles
R59
–
R75

list of verbs with irregular past forms and
-ed
participles
R72

forms of auxiliaries
R80
–
R88

formation of tenses
R89
–
R119

formation of infinitives and participles
R124
–
R135

very
1.248
,
2.39
,
2.140
,
2.165
,
2.167

vivid narrative
4.65

vocatives
9.95
–
9.99

with reporting verbs
7.23

—————— W ——————

want
3.191
,
3.198
,
3.212
,
5.234

we
1.102
,
1.122

weather
9.36

what

as interrogative pronoun
1.151
–
1.152

in
wh
-questions
5.21
–
5.25
,
5.33

what about
and
what of
in questions
5.45
–
5.46

in nominal relative clauses
8.112
–
8.116

in split sentences
9.28
–
9.30

in exclamations
9.92
–
9.93

whatever
5.34

in
wh
-questions
5.34

in conditional clauses
8.42

in nominal relative clauses
8.112
,
8.115

whatsoever
5.89

wh
-clauses
8.126
–
8.128

when

in
wh
-questions
5.21
–
5.25
,
5.29

in time clauses
8.10
–
8.17
,
8.24

in relative clauses
8.104
–
8.105

whenever
8.13
,
8.24

where

in
wh
-questions
5.21
–
5.25
,
5.29

with adjectives such as
necessary
and
possible
8.24

in place clauses
8.73
–
8.77

in relative clauses
8.104
–
8.106
,
8.114

wherever

in
wh
-questions
5.34

with adjectives such as
necessary
and
possible
8.24

in conditional clauses
8.42

in place clauses
8.76

whether

in reported speech
7.35
–
7.36
,
7.48

in conditional clauses
8.40
–
8.41

which

as relative pronoun
1.148

as interrogative pronoun
1.151
–
1.152

in
wh
-questions
5.21
–
5.25
,
5.28

of which
8.102

in relative clauses
8.110
–
8.111

whichever
8.42
,
8.115

while

in time clauses
8.11
,
8.24

in concessive clauses
8.66
,
8.71

whilst

in time clauses
8.11

in concessive clauses
8.66
,
8.71

who
and
whom

as relative pronouns
1.147
,
8.84
,
8.90
,
8.93

as interrogative pronouns
1.151
–
1.153

in
wh
-questions
5.21
–
5.26

of whom
8.102

whoever

in
wh
-questions
5.34

in conditional clauses
8.42

in nominal relative clauses
8.115

whose

as relative pronoun
1.150
,
8.101
–
8.102

as interrogative pronoun
1.151
–
1.153

in
wh
-questions
5.21
–
5.25
,
5.27

wh
-questions
5.21
–
5.34
,
5.46
,
5.256
,
9.94
,
10.77

reporting
wh
-questions
7.37
–
7.38

wh
-words
5.22
–
5.34

•
how
5.31

•
what
5.33

•
when
and
where
5.29

•
which
5.28

•
why
5.30

•
whatever
,
wherever
,
whoever
5.34

•
who
and
whom
5.26

•
whose
5.27

as subject
5.23

as object or adverb
5.24

used to report
wh
-questions
7.37
–
7.38

why
4.26

in suggestions
5.46

in defining clauses
8.107

will

talking about the future
4.53
,
5.108
,
R104

expressing general truths
4.54

expressing certainty
4.55
–
4.56
,
5.129

expressing likelihood
5.121

will not
and
won’t
for forbidding
5.147

giving instructions and appeals for help
5.156

giving firm instructions
5.166

making offers and invitations
5.172

expressing intentions
5.189
–
5.190

will not
and
won’t
for refusal
5.195

in reported speech
7.55

wishes
5.200
–
5.203
,
5.205
–
5.206