BE + -ught word ending – English Grammar Profiler

There are only a few in a hundred times that ought does not mark a past particple after a form of the ‘BE’ verb. 1 BE (VBI) BROUGHT (VVN) 83149 2 WAS (VBDZ) BROUGHT (VVN) 73072 3 IS (VBZ) THOUGHT (VVN) 64778 4 BE (VBI) TAUGHT (VVN) 43927 5 IS (VBZ) BROUGHT (VVN) 42006 6 BE (VBI) BOUGHT (VVN) 38694 7 ARE (VBR) TAUGHT (VVN) 37380 8 WAS (VBDZ) CAUGHT (VVN) 35562 9 BEEN (VBN) BROUGHT (VVN) 34843 10 WERE (VBDR) BROUGHT (VVN) 33084 11 BE (VBI) THOUGHT (VVN) 28315 12 BE (VBI) CAUGHT (VVN) 28105 13 ARE (VBR) BROUGHT (VVN) 27832 14 ARE (VBR) THOUGHT (VVN) 25139 15 WAS (VBDZ) THOUGHT (VVN) 24695 16 BEEN (VBN) TAUGHT (VVN) 21985 17 IS (VBZ) TAUGHT (VVN) 20133 18 WAS (VBDZ) BOUGHT (VVN) 19659 19 WAS (VBDZ) TAUGHT (VVN) 19500 20 BEEN (VBN) CAUGHT (VVN) 18841 21 ARE (VBR) CAUGHT (VVN) 16976 22 BEING (VBG) BROUGHT (VVN) 16241 23 BEING (VBG) CAUGHT (VVN) 15833 24 WERE (VBDR) CAUGHT (VVN) 15423 25 BEING (VBG) TAUGHT (VVN) 15093 26 BE (VBI) SOUGHT (VVN) 15071 27 IS (VBZ) CAUGHT (VVN) 14615 28 WERE (VBDR) TAUGHT (VVN) 13605 29 IS (VBZ) SOUGHT (VVN) 10362 30 BEEN (VBN) THOUGHT (VVN) 8347 31 WERE (VBDR) THOUGHT (VVN) 8190 32 WERE (VBDR) BOUGHT (VVN) 7899 33 BEING (VBG) SOUGHT (VVN) 7685 34 BEEN (VBN) BOUGHT (VVN) 6372 35 BE (VBI) FOUGHT (VVN) 6315 36 WAS (VBDZ) FOUGHT (VVN) 6146 37 ARE (VBR) BOUGHT (VVN) 6132 38 IS (VBZ) BOUGHT (VVN) 4775

39 ARE (VBR) SOUGHT (VVN) 4431

FRAUGHT (JJ)

41 BEING (VBG) BOUGHT (VVN) 4261 42 WAS (VBDZ) SOUGHT (VVN) 3604 43 ‘S (VBZ) THOUGHT (VVN) 3354 44 BEING (VBG) FOUGHT (VVN) 2893 45 ‘RE (VBR) CAUGHT (VVN) 2887 46 IS (VBZ) THOUGHT (VVN_NN1) 2750 47 ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) BROUGHT (VVN) 2566 48 BEEN (VBN) SOUGHT (VVN) 2382 49 WERE (VBDR) FOUGHT (VVN) 2179 50 BEEN (VBN) FOUGHT (VVN) 2010 51 BEING (VBG) THOUGHT (VVN) 1610 52 WERE (VBDR) SOUGHT (VVN) 1547 53 WAS (VBDZ) THOUGHT (VVN_NN1) 1544 54 ARE (VBR) TAUGHT (VVN_JJ@) 1513 55 ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) CAUGHT (VVN) 1484 56 ‘RE (VBR) TAUGHT (VVN) 1481 57 WAS (VBDZ) DISTRAUGHT (JJ) 1429 58 BE (VBI) FRAUGHT (JJ) 1336 59 ARE (VBR) THOUGHT (VVN_NN1) 1285 60 BE (VBI) TAUGHT (VVN_JJ@) 1282 61 IS (VBZ) FOUGHT (VVN) 1221 62 ARE (VBR) FOUGHT (VVN) 1202 63 ‘S (VBZ) BROUGHT (VVN) 1190

64 WAS (VBDZ) FRAUGHT (JJ) 1086

DROUGHT (NN1)

66 BE (VBI) WROUGHT (VVN) 893
67 ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) BOUGHT (VVN) 878

69 BEEN (VBN) WROUGHT (VVN) 808 70 IS (VBZ) WROUGHT (VVN) 748 71 WAS (VBDZ) CAUGHT (VVN_JJ@) 689 72 ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) TAUGHT (VVN) 684 73 BE (VBI) RETHOUGHT (VVN) 676

74 WAS (VBDZ) TAUGHT (VVN_JJ@) 670

DISTRAUGHT (JJ)

77 ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) THOUGHT (VVN) 626 78 BE (VBI) BOUGHT (VVN_VVD) 626 79 ‘RE (VBR) BROUGHT (VVN) 625 80 WERE (VBDR) TAUGHT (VVN_JJ@) 607 81 ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) FOUGHT (VVN) 599

82 ‘S (VBZ) CAUGHT (VVN) 584

84 WAS (VBDZ) WROUGHT (VVN) 568
85 ‘M (VBM) CAUGHT (VVN) 495

NAUGHT (PN1)

87 S (VBZ) BROUGHT (VVN) 463 88 BEING (VBG) TAUGHT (VVN_JJ@) 431 89 ‘S (VBZ_GE_VHZ@) THOUGHT (VVN_NN1) 430 90 AM (VBM) CAUGHT (VVN) 423 91 ARE (VBR) WROUGHT (VVN) 411 92 IS (VBZ) OVERBOUGHT (VVN) 377

93 ‘S (VBZ) TAUGHT (VVN) 373

SELF-TAUGHT (JJ)

95 WERE (VBDR) WROUGHT (VVN) 337
96 ARE (VBR) CAUGHT (VVN_JJ@) 330

98 BE (VBI) BROUGHT (VVN_VVD) 291 99 BEING (VBG) WROUGHT (VVN) 273

100 AM (VBM) BROUGHT (VVN) 264