Verbal nouns

see '-ing' nouns

verbs

=>compound verbs 3.118-126

=>delexical verbs 3.33-46

=>ditransitive verbs 3.74-83

=>ergative verbs 3.60-68

=>intransitive verbs 3.9-14

=>link verbs 3.137-148

=>performative verbs 10.102-105

=>phrasal verbs 3.84-117

=>reciprocal verbs 3.69-73

=>reflexive verbs 3.27-32

=>reporting verbs 7.5-13

=>transitive verbs 3.15-26

list of verbs followed by adjuncts of direction 3.13

list of verbs followed by adjuncts of position 3.13

verbs used in transitive or intransitive clauses 3.48-55

list of verbs which are transitive in some meanings and intransitive in others 3.49

omitting the object 3.50-53

lists of normally transitive verbs which can be used without an object 3.51, 3.53

verbs which take a direct object or prepositional phrase 3.56-59

verbs which act like link verbs when followed by certain prepositions 3.148

position of main verb in 'yes/no'-question 4.12

list of verbs used to specify position 6.58

concord with place names 6.104

verbs that do not refer to speech or thought but can be followed by a 'that'-clause 7.82

choice of tense in time clauses 8.9

using and to link identical verbs for emphasis 8.156

lists of verbs usually used in the passive 10.18

lists of verbs rarely used in the passive 10.19

list of verbs referring to needs or wants that can be used in cleft sentences 10.30

list of verbs which can have impersonal it as object 10.35

list of verbs used with impersonal it to describe the weather 10.36

verbs used with impersonal it as subject 10.40

verb forms R52-79

forming participles R59-70

pronunciation R55, R57, R59

list of verbs with irregular past forms and past participles R72

forms of auxiliaries R80-87

formation of tenses R89-119

verbs not usually used in continuous tenses R120-122

non-finite verb groups R123-135

very

as emphasizing adjective 2.43

as submodifier 2.145

submodifying like 2.170

submodifying superlatives 2.173

submodifying general determiners 1.233

vocatives 10.115-119

position in sentence 10.116

using titles and surnames 10.117

voice

see active, passive

W

want

in phase structures 3.192, 3.199, 3.213

used in making requests 4.240

way

the way, in a way, and in the way, used like conjunctions in clauses of manner 8.78

we 1.97-103

well

after could, might, or may to express strong possibility 4.128

were

in conditional clauses with a 'to'-infinitive 8.33, 8.36

instead of was after as if or as though 8.81

what

as interrogative pronoun 1.150-152

in 'wh'-questions 4.17-21, 4.29

what about or what of in questions without a verb 4.41

in nominal relative clauses 8.113

in cleft sentences 10.28-30

in exclamations 10.107-108

whatever

in 'wh'- questions 4.30

in conditional clauses 8.42

whatsoever 4.92

when

in 'wh'-questions 4.17-21, 4.25

in relative clauses 8.104-105

whenever 8.13, 8.24

where

in 'wh'-questions

with adjectives such as necessary or possible 8.24

in place clauses 8.74

in relative clauses 8.104-105, 8.114

whereas 8.66

whereby 8.107

whereupon 8.21

wherever

in 'wh'-questions 4.30

with adjectives such as necessary or possible 8.24

in place clauses 8.76

whether

'whether'-clauses used to report questions 7.32

list of verbs that can come before 'whether'-clauses 7.33

in 'to'-infinitive clauses, with or 8.40-41

which

as relative pronoun 1.145, 1.147, 8.84, 8.91, 8.94

as interrogative pronoun 1.150-152

in 'wh'-questions 4.17-21, 4.24

of which instead of whose in relative clauses 8.102

in relative clauses commenting on the whole of the main clause 8.110

in clauses commenting on a situation or time 8.111

whichever

in conditional clauses 8.42

in nominal relative clauses 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

as relative pronoun 1.145-146, 8.84, 8.90, 8.93

as interrogative pronoun 1.150-152

in 'wh'-questions 4.17-22

use of who contrasted with whom 4.22

whoever

in 'wh'-questions 4.30

in conditional clauses 8.42

in nominal relative clauses 8.115

whom

as relative pronoun 1.145-146, 8.84, 8.90, 8.93

as interrogative pronoun 1.150-152

in 'wh'-questions 4.17-22

use of whom contrasted with who 4.22

of whom instead of whose in relative clauses 8.102

whose

as relative pronoun 1.149, 8.84, 8.101

as interrogative pronoun 1.150-152

in 'wh'-questions 4.17-21, 4.23

replaced by of which or of whom in written English 8.102

'wh'-questions 4.17-30

word order 4.19-20

questions without a verb 4.21

use of who and whom 4.22

use of whose 4.23

use of which 4.24

use of when and where 4.25

use of why 4.26

use of how 4.27

how combined with other words in 'wh'-questions 4.28

use of what 4.29

what combined with if or for in 'wh'-questions 4.29

use of whatever, wherever, and whoever 4.30

use of what about or what of with no verb 4.41-42

negative 'wh'-questions beginning with why to make suggestions 4.42

reporting 'wh'-questions 7.34

'wh'-words

list 4.18

word order in 'wh'-questions 4.19-20

used after a preposition, followed by a 'to'-infinitive 7.93

nominal use of 'wh'-clauses 7.92

used to report 'wh'-questions 7.34

verbs that can come before clauses starting with 'wh'-words 7.35

see also 'wh'-questions

why

in 'wh'-questions 4.17-20, 4.26

negative 'wh'-questions beginning with why used to make suggestions 4.42

use of why and whereby in defining clauses 8.107

will

negative form won't 4.105

shortened to 'll after a pronoun 4.108

referring to the future 4.111, 5.53, R104

replaced by would in report structures 4.114

expressing likelihood 4.124

expressing certainty about the future 4.133

will not used to express prohibition 4.153

used in instructions 4.162

used to ask for help 4.162

used to give an order 4.172

used to make an offer or invitation 4.178

used to state intentions 4.195

will not used to express unwillingness to do something 4.201

used to express the necessity of an action 4.217

used with dare 4.255

used to form the future tense 5.53, R104

used in reported clauses 7.52

with

after predicative adjectives 2.52

main use as preposition 2.301

use in report structures 7.75

use in passive constructions 10.15

lists of verbs used with with in the passive 10.16

within

in adjuncts of duration 5.130-131

wonder

as reporting verb 7.21

used with an 'if'-clause or a 'whether'-clause 7.33

used to make a polite request 7.63

won't

as shortened form of will not 4.105

used to express unwillingness to do something 4.195, 4.201

word order

position of adjectives 2.19-23, 2.58-66

position of numbers 2.230, 2.236, 2.250

position of objects of ditransitive verbs 3.80

position of objects of phrasal verbs 3.102-105

position of preposition in phrasal verbs 3.116

order of subject, verb, and complement 3.128

'yes/no'-questions 4.12

negative non-finite clauses 4.53-54

negative statements 4.49-52, 4.60-62, 4.73, 4.208

position of broad negatives 4.84-88

position of adjuncts 5.41, 5.70-83, 6.7-13

time expressions 5.98

order of subject and verb after adjuncts 6.15

position of adverbs 6.24, 6.48, 6.50, 6.90

position of objects of prepositions 6.57

order of prepositional phrases and after a verb 6.122

position of prepositional phrases 6.58-63

order of subject and intransitive verb after a prepositional phrase 6.63

quote structures 7.19-21

report structures 7.24, 7.28

adverbial clauses 8.7

putting the verb first in some conditional clauses 8.36

result clauses 8.54, 8.62

of sentences containing result clauses 8.62

concessive clauses 8.70

place clauses 8.75

relative clauses 8.98-99

position of non-finite clauses 8.119, 8.132

order of elements in a clause 10.1-2

position of complement in passive constructions 10.21

position of focusing adverbs 10.90

position of vocative 10.116

worse

as superlative of badly 6.32

as adverb of degree 6.52

as superlative of bad R28

worst

as comparative of badly 6.32

as adverb of degree 6.52

as comparative of bad R28

would

negative form wouldn't 4.105

shortened to 'd after a pronoun 4.108

used instead of will in report structures 4.114

referring to regular events in the past 4.115

referring to the future in narrative 4.116

with not to express past reluctance 4.117, 4.202

expressing likelihood 4.124-125

expressing possibility in the past 4.141

used in instructions 4.163

asking for help 4.163

would like used to give an order 4.171

would like used to make a request 4.175

used to make an offer or invitation 4.179

would like used to express a wish 4.207

would not used to express a negative wish 4.208

would rather or would sooner used to express a preference 4.210

expressing a wish about the past 4.211

followed by a 'that'-clause to express a wish 4.213

used in expressing an opinion 4.226

used with dare 4.255

used in reported clauses 7.51-52

wouldn't

as shortened form of would not 4.105

used to make an offer or invitation 4.179

used to express past unwillingness to do something 4.202

Y

-y

added to colour adjectives 2.36

'yes/no'-questions 4.12-16

position of auxiliary, subject, and main verb 4.12

position of the auxiliary do 4.13

be or have as main verb 4.14

tag questions 4.15

rhetorical questions 4.40

reporting 'yes/no'-questions 7.32

yet

used with comparatives and superlatives 2.165, 5.80

referring to an expected situation 5.78-79

used after adjuncts of duration with for 5.127

used to link clauses 8.140, 8.145

used to link adjectives 8.175

used to link adverbs 8.176

you 1.97-106

used to refer to people in general 10.13

your 1.192-207

yours 1.110-113

yourself 1.115-122, 3.27-32

yourselves 1.115-122, 3.27-32

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