linking verb + complement – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, A2 Point 26 in the category of VERBS is defined as:

an increasing range of linking verbs with complements.

The following point overlaps A2 Point 27 verbs with adjective complements.

*Note that B2 is the highest level asigned for linking verbs

*feels and looks are in the examples for A2.

An iWeb search for _VV _JJ

*these are not ‘linking verbs with complements’, they are just highlighted if they contain A2 vocabulary because they make good 2 word clusters.  If you must decide whether or not it is a link verb then you can look for the subject = compliment rule explained here. There is a great variety of grammar structures caught below.

1 MAKE SURE 2212799 This is a causative construction where make and sure form an idiomatic combination, collocation.
2 FEEL FREE 278204 (phrase)= used for telling someone that they can do something if they want to … etc.
3 MAKING SURE 212991 4 MADE AVAILABLE 118264 5 GET READY 103383

6 GET USED 81018

7 FEEL GOOD 79284
8 LOOK GOOD 77898
9 LOOKS GREAT 76835

10 MADE SURE 76087

11 FEEL COMFORTABLE 75549

PELIC student:

One of them is that when I come back to my home I feel comfortable.

Arabic, Male, level 4, grammar class

12 GET INVOLVED 75220 13 CREATE NEW 72326 14 LOOK GREAT 67680 15 GETTING READY 64545 16 WORKS GREAT 63032

17 COME TRUE 59546

It would be a dream come true 

for me to see my one grandchild‘s wedding.

listen

18 LOOKS GOOD 54529
19 ADD NEW 53033
20 REST ASSURED 50210 21 GET STUCK 49968 22 MAKE GOOD 47821 23 PLEADED GUILTY 47378

24 GET LOST 46718

25 BECOME AVAILABLE 44962
26 COST EFFECTIVE 44710 – more of an adjective phrase 27 FOUND GUILTY 44622 28 USE ONLY 44010 29 MADE POSSIBLE 44002 30 WORKS FINE 41945 31 GET BETTER 40983 32 USING ONLY 40882 33 FIND NEW 39954

34 READ FULL 38657

35 GET GOOD 37830 36 FALL ASLEEP 36380 37 FEEL BAD 35937

38 GET FREE 35762

39 LEARN NEW 34742 40 WORK FINE 34519 41 FEEL CONFIDENT 34479 42 MAKE GREAT 34260 43 DEVELOP NEW 34164 44 MAKE NEW 33751 45 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 33516 46 GET OLDER 32381 47 CREATING NEW 32313 48 GET WORSE 31377 49 USE DIFFERENT 31037

50 MAKES SURE 30670

51 GET CREATIVE 30654

52 TAKE FULL 30478

53 FEEL SAFE 30326 54 GETTING USED 29753 55 WORK GREAT 29211

56 OFFER FREE 28333

57 MAKE BETTER 28006

58 MADE CLEAR 27981

59 ADDING NEW 27301 60 WORK HARD 26971

61 BECOMES AVAILABLE 26641

62 USING DIFFERENT 26478 63 MEET NEW 26220

64 GET SICK 26204

65 FEELS GOOD 25830 66 GET PREGNANT 25061 67 GET NEW 24812 68 MAKE CERTAIN 24753 69 GET EXCITED 24602

70 BECOME AWARE 24312

71 GET BORED 24123 72 LOOKING GOOD 23930

73 SOUNDS GOOD 23317

74 FIND OTHER 23277 75 BECOME FAMILIAR 23175 76 GET TIRED 23160 77 FEEL GREAT 23068 78 GETTING WORSE 23043

79 FOUND DEAD 22949

80 TRY NEW 22945 81 FEEL GUILTY 22903

82 STAY HEALTHY 22837

83 GOING STRONG 22268 
84 BECAME CLEAR 22163
85 ADD ADDITIONAL 22161 86 WORKED GREAT 22157 87 MAKE INFORMED 22106 88 WORKED FINE 21982

89 MAKES PERFECT 21828

90 USED ONLY 21492 91 USE OTHER 21392

92 SOUNDS GREAT 21197

93 SEE FIT 21176
94 GET DAILY 21039
95 VIEW FULL 20870 96 STAY SAFE 20442 97 MADE AWARE 20395

98 HELD ACCOUNTABLE 20185

99 LEARNING NEW 19932

100 USING SOCIAL 19929

A2 vocabulary:

add, adding, available, became, become, becomes, clear, comfortable, cost, daily, dead, fit, free, full, healthy, held, lost, made sure, make sure, makes sure, making sure, offer, perfect, rest, sick, sounds, strong, try, view