ADALM/egp · Datasets at Hugging Face

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738	PASSIVES	get and have	B2	null	FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJ + '-ED', PROACTIVE PASSIVE	I had just played in the best team of Sao Paulo but I had to stop because I had my leg broken in a car crash	Germany	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Dutch	Pass	null	null
738	PASSIVES	get and have	B2	null	FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJ + '-ED', PROACTIVE PASSIVE	null	Germany	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Dutch	Pass	null	null
739	PASSIVES	get and have	B2	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE	I would like to point at a few things about our small town, which I, as a citizen, have to explain to our friends, in order to get them to visit us more frequently	Sweden	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
739	PASSIVES	get and have	B2	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE	It is a good way to get them to shop at this particular store	Sweden	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
739	PASSIVES	get and have	B2	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE	I do understand that it must be difficult to get these people to go to the festival	Sweden	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
739	PASSIVES	get and have	B2	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE	null	Sweden	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
740	PASSIVES	get and have	C1	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED'	I must say that Caroline and I are good together because I think I am a little bit lazy but she is always the one who tries to get things done	Sweden	C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
740	PASSIVES	get and have	C1	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED'	[talking about a minibus] ? ours broke down and it took hours to get it repaired	Sweden	C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
740	PASSIVES	get and have	C1	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED'	But within the last two months we received several complaints from our customers about not getting their orders delivered in time	Sweden	C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
740	PASSIVES	get and have	C1	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED'	null	Sweden	C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
741	PASSIVES	get and have	C1	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'	First of all, I would like to underline the sheer boredom of these CDs, which got me yawning from the very first minute	Spain	C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY	2005	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
741	PASSIVES	get and have	C1	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'	I was very happy when I received your letter, although I must say that your dilemma got me thinking	Spain	C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY	2005	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
741	PASSIVES	get and have	C1	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'	As soon as they realized there was no way to get the employees moving, they got excited and nervous	Spain	C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY	2005	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
741	PASSIVES	get and have	C1	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'	But still both concerts were great as Elton John and "Metallica" really know how to get people moving, but in two completely different ways	Spain	C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY	2005	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
741	PASSIVES	get and have	C1	null	FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'	null	Spain	C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY	2005	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
742	PASSIVES	get and have	C2	null	FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJECT + INFINITIVE	In order to attract people and have them practise their English, we could point out the benefits and the possibilities one obtains, by acquiring a degree in this language	Greece	C2 MASTERY	2010	Greek	at level	null	null
742	PASSIVES	get and have	C2	null	FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJECT + INFINITIVE	In assessing the prospective student's linguistic skills it does not suffice to just have him fill out a multiple-choice-form	Greece	C2 MASTERY	2010	Greek	at level	null	null
743	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	I was waiting for you all Saturday evening	Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004	null	null	null	null	null	null
743	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	[talking about a holiday] I was swimming and sunbathing every day	Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004	null	null	null	null	null	null
743	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	We were dancing all evening	Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004	null	null	null	null	null	null
743	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	null	Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004	null	null	null	null	null	null
744	PAST	past continuous	A2	1	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	I was just watching a football match	Bengali, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007	null	null	null	null	null	null
744	PAST	past continuous	A2	1	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	[talking about wanting to get a kitten] I was always dreaming about it	Bengali, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007	null	null	null	null	null	null
744	PAST	past continuous	A2	1	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	null	Bengali, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007	null	null	null	null	null	null
745	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS	Yesterday we were studying maths in your house, and I left my book on your bed	Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2005	null	null	null	null	null	null
745	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS	It was raining when I arrived	Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2005	null	null	null	null	null	null
745	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS	null	Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2005	null	null	null	null	null	null
746	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS	I went to a soccer game, they were playing the last game to get the championship	Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007	null	null	null	null	null	null
746	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS	It was raining, but the concert was so good that I did not mind	Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007	null	null	null	null	null	null
746	PAST	past continuous	A2	null	USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS	null	Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007	null	null	null	null	null	null
747	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	FORM: NEGATIVE	He was not planning to become a professional player	Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004	null	null	null	null	null	null
747	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	FORM: NEGATIVE	She was not feeling very well	Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004	null	null	null	null	null	null
747	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	FORM: NEGATIVE	I tried to phone her house, but her phone wasn't working	Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004	null	null	null	null	null	null
747	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	FORM: NEGATIVE	I'm writing you this letter to tell you that we felt so bad when we heard you weren't working at the school any more	Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004	null	null	null	null	null	null
747	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	FORM: NEGATIVE	null	Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004	null	null	null	null	null	null
748	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	FORM: QUESTIONS	Was my mother going to die? I couldnt see anybody, then there he was, my hero, my favorite singer Bob Dylan saying my name, but was he calling me? What were you doing? ; B1 THRESHOLD; 2009; Russian; Pass) [talking about a dream] Everything was strange	Spain	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
748	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	FORM: QUESTIONS	Why was I following a green fox?	Spain	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
749	PAST	past continuous	B1	2	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	He was still waiting at the traffic light	Italian, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008	null	null	null	null	null	null
749	PAST	past continuous	B1	2	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	He was actually acting like a ghost	Italian, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008	null	null	null	null	null	null
749	PAST	past continuous	B1	2	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	null	Italian, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008	null	null	null	null	null	null
750	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	USE: REASON	Because she was sitting in the corner, she could see the whole view of the café in front of her	Arabic - Meghreb, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008	null	null	null	null	null	null
750	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	USE: REASON	Yesterday a TV company came to my school because they were doing a science quiz	Arabic - Meghreb, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008	null	null	null	null	null	null
750	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	USE: REASON	null	Arabic - Meghreb, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008	null	null	null	null	null	null
751	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	USE: REPEATED EVENTS	Worst of all, in September it was always raining	Portugal	B1 THRESHOLD	2007	Portuguese	Pass	null	null
751	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	USE: REPEATED EVENTS	He was always talking about this prize but I never thought he would win it	Portugal	B1 THRESHOLD	2007	Portuguese	Pass	null	null
751	PAST	past continuous	B1	null	USE: REPEATED EVENTS	null	Portugal	B1 THRESHOLD	2007	Portuguese	Pass	null	null
752	PAST	past continuous	B2	3	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	My younger brother was constantly bothering me	Russian, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1997	null	null	null	null	null	null
752	PAST	past continuous	B2	3	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	One day, as she was wistfully walking in the dusk of that day, she told herself she could either go on living her lonely life or make a huge effort to fit in	Russian, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1997	null	null	null	null	null	null
752	PAST	past continuous	B2	3	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	null	Russian, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1997	null	null	null	null	null	null
753	PAST	past continuous	B2	null	USE: POLITENESS	I was wondering if I could impose on you again for my next visit	Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999	null	null	null	null	null	null
753	PAST	past continuous	B2	null	USE: POLITENESS	I was thinking that you could wear your Marilyn Monroe dress as your fancy-dress costume	Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999	null	null	null	null	null	null
753	PAST	past continuous	B2	null	USE: POLITENESS	I was thinking that you could come to my house and see the movie	Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999	null	null	null	null	null	null
753	PAST	past continuous	B2	null	USE: POLITENESS	null	Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999	null	null	null	null	null	null
754	PAST	past continuous	C2	null	USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS	They had been told that I was always getting into mischief and so had decided that, by buying me this diary, I would probably calm down a little and my behaviour would change	Spain	C2 MASTERY	1993	Catalan	Pass	null	null
754	PAST	past continuous	C2	null	USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS	I was constantly trying to balance my school life, extra-curricular activities, studies and personal life and was always running out of time	Spain	C2 MASTERY	1993	Catalan	Pass	null	null
754	PAST	past continuous	C2	null	USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS	null	Spain	C2 MASTERY	1993	Catalan	Pass	null	null
755	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	I had been working on the project for over a year	France	B1 THRESHOLD	2004	French	Pass	null	null
755	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	We had been waiting for hours	France	B1 THRESHOLD	2004	French	Pass	null	null
755	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	I didn't need so much, because I'd been saving money for a few months	France	B1 THRESHOLD	2004	French	Pass	null	null
755	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	null	France	B1 THRESHOLD	2004	French	Pass	null	null
756	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS	I had been waiting for this letter for months, so I opened it immediately	Italy	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Italian	Pass	null	null
756	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS	Once I had been watching TV for 6 hours when my Mum suddenly switched it off	Italy	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Italian	Pass	null	null
756	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS	null	Italy	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Italian	Pass	null	null
757	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST	I know it very well because we had been exchanging letters for a long time	Spain	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
757	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST	She had been going there since she was ten years old	Spain	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
757	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST	He began to think about his own thoughts while he was smoking a cigarette , when suddenly the curtain moved	Spain	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
757	PAST	past perfect continuous	B1	null	USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST	null	Spain	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Spanish - European	Pass	null	null
758	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE	And there were two men who had been chasing the murderer to find out who the man is and rescue the girl	Korea, North	B2 VANTAGE	2008	Korean	Pass	null	null
758	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE	The guide also tells some funny stories about an old lord, who had been living there in the 18th century	Korea, North	B2 VANTAGE	2008	Korean	Pass	null	null
758	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE	After a few minutes the door was opened and the man who had been following me came in	Korea, North	B2 VANTAGE	2008	Korean	Pass	null	null
758	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE	null	Korea, North	B2 VANTAGE	2008	Korean	Pass	null	null
759	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION	After we had been sunbathing at the beach all day long, we went every evening to a cosy restaurant called "The Barking Cat", where we had a good meal and some wine	Sweden	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
759	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION	After I had been waiting for an hour, I decided to go through the gate and go in on foot	Sweden	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
759	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION	null	Sweden	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
760	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	1	FORM: NEGATIVE	Laura realised that she had not been studying very hard lately	Malaysia	B2 VANTAGE	1999	Chinese	Pass	null	null
760	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	1	FORM: NEGATIVE	I couldn't tell her about Mark because she hadn't been doing anything else but talking about him for the last three weeks	Malaysia	B2 VANTAGE	1999	Chinese	Pass	null	null
760	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	1	FORM: NEGATIVE	Last week, two of your employers came to solve the problems of my central heating system as it had not been working for two days	Malaysia	B2 VANTAGE	1999	Chinese	Pass	null	null
760	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	1	FORM: NEGATIVE	null	Malaysia	B2 VANTAGE	1999	Chinese	Pass	null	null
761	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	I had been working hard at my job and I had really been looking forward to this holiday	Sweden	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
761	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	When he died, he was a rich man, he had only been living ten months in the house he had built for fourteen years ?	Sweden	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Swedish	Pass	null	null
762	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	USE: RESULTS	Unfortunately it had been snowing for a long time and so I was unable to go out for a walk	Italy	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Italian	Pass	null	null
762	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	USE: RESULTS	We had been working very hard all the morning so by that time, I was very tired	Italy	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Italian	Pass	null	null
762	PAST	past perfect continuous	B2	null	USE: RESULTS	null	Italy	B2 VANTAGE	1993	Italian	Pass	null	null
763	PAST	past perfect continuous	C2	null	FORM: QUESTIONS	What had he been doing that morning? So, why had she been waiting for so long a time?	France	C2 MASTERY	1993	French	Pass	null	null
764	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES	If the weather had been better, we would have enjoyed it more	Argentina	B1 THRESHOLD	2003	Spanish - Latin American	Pass	null	null
764	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES	If you had gone there with me, you would have been happy	Argentina	B1 THRESHOLD	2003	Spanish - Latin American	Pass	null	null
764	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES	So I decided to go back and look for them in the park: believe it or not I would have spent all night in the park, if it hadn't been closed since six o'clock!	Argentina	B1 THRESHOLD	2003	Spanish - Latin American	Pass	null	null
765	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	I felt really sorry for you after I had read your last letter	Poland	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Polish	Pass	null	null
765	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	FORM: AFFIRMATIVE	[?] I'd forgotten that I have an appointment with the doctor [?]	Poland	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Polish	Pass	null	null
766	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	FORM: NEGATIVE	The ABC Company called this morning to say that our company had not delivered the goods on time	China	B1 THRESHOLD	2002	Chinese	Pass	null	null
766	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	FORM: NEGATIVE	I hadn't heard from her for two months	China	B1 THRESHOLD	2002	Chinese	Pass	null	null
766	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	FORM: NEGATIVE	null	China	B1 THRESHOLD	2002	Chinese	Pass	null	null
767	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	1	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	It was the most beautiful one I had ever seen	Italy	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Italian	Pass	null	null
767	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	1	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	So, she came to America to see a relation she had never seen before, and she spent the money with me	Italy	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Italian	Pass	null	null
767	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	1	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	I had just arrived from school when I saw the letter	Italy	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Italian	Pass	null	null
767	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	1	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	I had always wanted to visit European cities and Paris was one of the easiest cities to get to from England	Italy	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Italian	Pass	null	null
767	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	1	FORM: WITH ADVERBS	null	Italy	B1 THRESHOLD	2008	Italian	Pass	null	null
768	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	USE: TIME UP TO THEN	He then thought how stupid he had been	Peru	B1	Spanish - Latin American	Pass	null	null	null
768	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	USE: TIME UP TO THEN	Actually I'd arranged an appointment with my doctor before calling you	Peru	B1	Spanish - Latin American	Pass	null	null	null
768	PAST	past perfect simple	B1	null	USE: TIME UP TO THEN	null	Peru	B1	Spanish - Latin American	Pass	null	null	null

738

PASSIVES

get and have

B2

null

FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJ + '-ED', PROACTIVE PASSIVE

I had just played in the best team of Sao Paulo but I had to stop because I had my leg broken in a car crash

Germany

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Dutch

Pass

null

738

PASSIVES

get and have

B2

null

FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJ + '-ED', PROACTIVE PASSIVE

null

Germany

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Dutch

Pass

null

739

PASSIVES

get and have

B2

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE

I would like to point at a few things about our small town, which I, as a citizen, have to explain to our friends, in order to get them to visit us more frequently

Sweden

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

739

PASSIVES

get and have

B2

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE

It is a good way to get them to shop at this particular store

Sweden

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

739

PASSIVES

get and have

B2

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE

I do understand that it must be difficult to get these people to go to the festival

Sweden

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

739

PASSIVES

get and have

B2

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE

null

Sweden

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

740

PASSIVES

get and have

C1

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED'

I must say that Caroline and I are good together because I think I am a little bit lazy but she is always the one who tries to get things done

Sweden

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

740

PASSIVES

get and have

C1

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED'

[talking about a minibus] ? ours broke down and it took hours to get it repaired

Sweden

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

740

PASSIVES

get and have

C1

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED'

But within the last two months we received several complaints from our customers about not getting their orders delivered in time

Sweden

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

740

PASSIVES

get and have

C1

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED'

null

Sweden

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

741

PASSIVES

get and have

C1

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'

First of all, I would like to underline the sheer boredom of these CDs, which got me yawning from the very first minute

Spain

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

2005

Spanish - European

Pass

null

741

PASSIVES

get and have

C1

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'

I was very happy when I received your letter, although I must say that your dilemma got me thinking

Spain

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

2005

Spanish - European

Pass

null

741

PASSIVES

get and have

C1

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'

As soon as they realized there was no way to get the employees moving, they got excited and nervous

Spain

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

2005

Spanish - European

Pass

null

741

PASSIVES

get and have

C1

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'

But still both concerts were great as Elton John and "Metallica" really know how to get people moving, but in two completely different ways

Spain

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

2005

Spanish - European

Pass

null

741

PASSIVES

get and have

C1

null

FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'

null

Spain

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

2005

Spanish - European

Pass

null

742

PASSIVES

get and have

C2

null

FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJECT + INFINITIVE

In order to attract people and have them practise their English, we could point out the benefits and the possibilities one obtains, by acquiring a degree in this language

Greece

C2 MASTERY

2010

Greek

at level

null

742

PASSIVES

get and have

C2

null

FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJECT + INFINITIVE

In assessing the prospective student's linguistic skills it does not suffice to just have him fill out a multiple-choice-form

Greece

C2 MASTERY

2010

Greek

at level

null

743

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

I was waiting for you all Saturday evening

Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004

null

743

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

[talking about a holiday] I was swimming and sunbathing every day

Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004

null

743

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

We were dancing all evening

Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004

null

743

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

null

Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004

null

744

PAST

past continuous

A2

1

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

I was just watching a football match

Bengali, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007

null

744

PAST

past continuous

A2

1

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

[talking about wanting to get a kitten] I was always dreaming about it

Bengali, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007

null

744

PAST

past continuous

A2

1

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

null

Bengali, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007

null

745

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS

Yesterday we were studying maths in your house, and I left my book on your bed

Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2005

null

745

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS

It was raining when I arrived

Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2005

null

745

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS

null

Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2005

null

746

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS

I went to a soccer game, they were playing the last game to get the championship

Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007

null

746

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS

It was raining, but the concert was so good that I did not mind

Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007

null

746

PAST

past continuous

A2

null

USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS

null

Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007

null

747

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

FORM: NEGATIVE

He was not planning to become a professional player

Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004

null

747

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

FORM: NEGATIVE

She was not feeling very well

Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004

null

747

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

FORM: NEGATIVE

I tried to phone her house, but her phone wasn't working

Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004

null

747

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

FORM: NEGATIVE

I'm writing you this letter to tell you that we felt so bad when we heard you weren't working at the school any more

Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004

null

747

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

FORM: NEGATIVE

null

Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004

null

748

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

FORM: QUESTIONS

Was my mother going to die? I couldnt see anybody, then there he was, my hero, my favorite singer Bob Dylan saying my name, but was he calling me? What were you doing? ; B1 THRESHOLD; 2009; Russian; Pass) [talking about a dream] Everything was strange

Spain

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Spanish - European

Pass

null

748

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

FORM: QUESTIONS

Why was I following a green fox?

Spain

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Spanish - European

Pass

null

749

PAST

past continuous

B1

2

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

He was still waiting at the traffic light

Italian, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008

null

749

PAST

past continuous

B1

2

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

He was actually acting like a ghost

Italian, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008

null

749

PAST

past continuous

B1

2

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

null

Italian, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008

null

750

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

USE: REASON

Because she was sitting in the corner, she could see the whole view of the café in front of her

Arabic - Meghreb, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008

null

750

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

USE: REASON

Yesterday a TV company came to my school because they were doing a science quiz

Arabic - Meghreb, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008

null

750

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

USE: REASON

null

Arabic - Meghreb, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008

null

751

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

USE: REPEATED EVENTS

Worst of all, in September it was always raining

Portugal

B1 THRESHOLD

2007

Portuguese

Pass

null

751

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

USE: REPEATED EVENTS

He was always talking about this prize but I never thought he would win it

Portugal

B1 THRESHOLD

2007

Portuguese

Pass

null

751

PAST

past continuous

B1

null

USE: REPEATED EVENTS

null

Portugal

B1 THRESHOLD

2007

Portuguese

Pass

null

752

PAST

past continuous

B2

3

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

My younger brother was constantly bothering me

Russian, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1997

null

752

PAST

past continuous

B2

3

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

One day, as she was wistfully walking in the dusk of that day, she told herself she could either go on living her lonely life or make a huge effort to fit in

Russian, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1997

null

752

PAST

past continuous

B2

3

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

null

Russian, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1997

null

753

PAST

past continuous

B2

null

USE: POLITENESS

I was wondering if I could impose on you again for my next visit

Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999

null

753

PAST

past continuous

B2

null

USE: POLITENESS

I was thinking that you could wear your Marilyn Monroe dress as your fancy-dress costume

Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999

null

753

PAST

past continuous

B2

null

USE: POLITENESS

I was thinking that you could come to my house and see the movie

Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999

null

753

PAST

past continuous

B2

null

USE: POLITENESS

null

Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999

null

754

PAST

past continuous

C2

null

USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS

They had been told that I was always getting into mischief and so had decided that, by buying me this diary, I would probably calm down a little and my behaviour would change

Spain

C2 MASTERY

1993

Catalan

Pass

null

754

PAST

past continuous

C2

null

USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS

I was constantly trying to balance my school life, extra-curricular activities, studies and personal life and was always running out of time

Spain

C2 MASTERY

1993

Catalan

Pass

null

754

PAST

past continuous

C2

null

USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS

null

Spain

C2 MASTERY

1993

Catalan

Pass

null

755

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

I had been working on the project for over a year

France

B1 THRESHOLD

2004

French

Pass

null

755

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

We had been waiting for hours

France

B1 THRESHOLD

2004

French

Pass

null

755

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

I didn't need so much, because I'd been saving money for a few months

France

B1 THRESHOLD

2004

French

Pass

null

755

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

null

France

B1 THRESHOLD

2004

French

Pass

null

756

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS

I had been waiting for this letter for months, so I opened it immediately

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Italian

Pass

null

756

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS

Once I had been watching TV for 6 hours when my Mum suddenly switched it off

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Italian

Pass

null

756

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS

null

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Italian

Pass

null

757

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST

I know it very well because we had been exchanging letters for a long time

Spain

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Spanish - European

Pass

null

757

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST

She had been going there since she was ten years old

Spain

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Spanish - European

Pass

null

757

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST

He began to think about his own thoughts while he was smoking a cigarette , when suddenly the curtain moved

Spain

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Spanish - European

Pass

null

757

PAST

past perfect continuous

B1

null

USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST

null

Spain

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Spanish - European

Pass

null

758

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE

And there were two men who had been chasing the murderer to find out who the man is and rescue the girl

Korea, North

B2 VANTAGE

2008

Korean

Pass

null

758

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE

The guide also tells some funny stories about an old lord, who had been living there in the 18th century

Korea, North

B2 VANTAGE

2008

Korean

Pass

null

758

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE

After a few minutes the door was opened and the man who had been following me came in

Korea, North

B2 VANTAGE

2008

Korean

Pass

null

758

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE

null

Korea, North

B2 VANTAGE

2008

Korean

Pass

null

759

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION

After we had been sunbathing at the beach all day long, we went every evening to a cosy restaurant called "The Barking Cat", where we had a good meal and some wine

Sweden

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

759

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION

After I had been waiting for an hour, I decided to go through the gate and go in on foot

Sweden

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

759

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION

null

Sweden

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

760

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

1

FORM: NEGATIVE

Laura realised that she had not been studying very hard lately

Malaysia

B2 VANTAGE

1999

Chinese

Pass

null

760

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

1

FORM: NEGATIVE

I couldn't tell her about Mark because she hadn't been doing anything else but talking about him for the last three weeks

Malaysia

B2 VANTAGE

1999

Chinese

Pass

null

760

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

1

FORM: NEGATIVE

Last week, two of your employers came to solve the problems of my central heating system as it had not been working for two days

Malaysia

B2 VANTAGE

1999

Chinese

Pass

null

760

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

1

FORM: NEGATIVE

null

Malaysia

B2 VANTAGE

1999

Chinese

Pass

null

761

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

I had been working hard at my job and I had really been looking forward to this holiday

Sweden

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

761

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

When he died, he was a rich man, he had only been living ten months in the house he had built for fourteen years ?

Sweden

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Swedish

Pass

null

762

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

USE: RESULTS

Unfortunately it had been snowing for a long time and so I was unable to go out for a walk

Italy

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Italian

Pass

null

762

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

USE: RESULTS

We had been working very hard all the morning so by that time, I was very tired

Italy

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Italian

Pass

null

762

PAST

past perfect continuous

B2

null

USE: RESULTS

null

Italy

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Italian

Pass

null

763

PAST

past perfect continuous

C2

null

FORM: QUESTIONS

What had he been doing that morning? So, why had she been waiting for so long a time?

France

C2 MASTERY

1993

French

Pass

null

764

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES

If the weather had been better, we would have enjoyed it more

Argentina

B1 THRESHOLD

2003

Spanish - Latin American

Pass

null

764

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES

If you had gone there with me, you would have been happy

Argentina

B1 THRESHOLD

2003

Spanish - Latin American

Pass

null

764

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES

So I decided to go back and look for them in the park: believe it or not I would have spent all night in the park, if it hadn't been closed since six o'clock!

Argentina

B1 THRESHOLD

2003

Spanish - Latin American

Pass

null

765

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

I felt really sorry for you after I had read your last letter

Poland

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Polish

Pass

null

765

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

[?] I'd forgotten that I have an appointment with the doctor [?]

Poland

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Polish

Pass

null

766

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

FORM: NEGATIVE

The ABC Company called this morning to say that our company had not delivered the goods on time

China

B1 THRESHOLD

2002

Chinese

Pass

null

766

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

FORM: NEGATIVE

I hadn't heard from her for two months

China

B1 THRESHOLD

2002

Chinese

Pass

null

766

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

FORM: NEGATIVE

null

China

B1 THRESHOLD

2002

Chinese

Pass

null

767

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

1

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

It was the most beautiful one I had ever seen

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Italian

Pass

null

767

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

1

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

So, she came to America to see a relation she had never seen before, and she spent the money with me

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Italian

Pass

null

767

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

1

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

I had just arrived from school when I saw the letter

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Italian

Pass

null

767

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

1

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

I had always wanted to visit European cities and Paris was one of the easiest cities to get to from England

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Italian

Pass

null

767

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

1

FORM: WITH ADVERBS

null

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2008

Italian

Pass

null

768

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

USE: TIME UP TO THEN

He then thought how stupid he had been

Peru

B1

Spanish - Latin American

Pass

null

768

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

USE: TIME UP TO THEN

Actually I'd arranged an appointment with my doctor before calling you

Peru

B1

Spanish - Latin American

Pass

null

768

PAST

past perfect simple

B1

null

USE: TIME UP TO THEN

null

Peru

B1

Spanish - Latin American

Pass

null