Element USE: PLACE
SuperCat ADVERBS
SubCat adverbs as modifiers
Lexical Range 2
Level B1
Cando Can use an increasing range of adverbs and adverb phrases ('near', 'far away', 'upstairs', 'downstairs') to indicate place.
Corrected Learner Example You can't go far away because I don't think your parents want to pay for it. (Netherlands; B1 THRESHOLD; 2008; Dutch; Pass)

He went downstairs. (Iran; B1 THRESHOLD; 2004; Farsi; Pass)

After the film we went to a shop nearby for lunch and after that we went to a park and played all sorts of games. (Sri Lanka; B1 THRESHOLD; 2002; Singhalese; Pass)
Uncorrected Learner Example
Comments N/A

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