| Element | FORM: SIMPLE |
|---|---|
| SuperCat | PREPOSITIONS |
| SubCat | prepositions |
| Lexical Range | 2 |
| Level | A2 |
| Cando | Can use an increasing range of simple (single-word) prepositions. |
| Corrected Learner Example | Please return it by tomorrow morning. (A2 Hindi) My phone is blue like the sky. (A2 Greek) The match was between Arsenal and Liverpool. (A2 Latin American Spanish) We have to arrive home before 7.30pm. (A2 Thai) My house is opposite the post office. (A2 Italian) During the party I danced, played games, ate cake and talked to everyone. (A2 Portuguese) |
| Uncorrected Learner Example | |
| Comments | Note that a number of items are on the EVP list and on KET vocabulary word list at A2 (e.g. through) but they do not appear on our list until B1. While there is a use of some B1 prepositions at A2, their use is very often incorrect, e.g. ?I will pass through your house at 6pm?; Good by!? (A1 )So while an item is known at A2, it may not be competently used (grammatically) until B1. In the case of through, there are 43 instances of it at A2 and only 14 of these are correct. ||Other prepositions used successfully at A2: until, without, into, inside, around, under, since, against, over, behind, per, outside, past |
