say | show = reporting verbs – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 26 in the category of PRESENT/simple is defined:

a limited range of reporting verbs, including ‘say’, ‘show’

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

This map shows the presence of agriculture on planet Earth.

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

Some people say that money is the root of all evil,

but I disagree with it.

Korean male, writing class.

_P show|shows|say|says * * *

We have removed lines that are not informative:

12 IT SAYS ON THE TIN 3933

13 I SAY TO YOU, 3686

27 I SAY UNTO YOU, 2514

50 HE SAYS , ADDING THAT 1344

60 HE SAYS HE DOES N’T 1036

73 HE SAYS HE WANTS TO 886

76 I SAY THIS BECAUSE I 865

79 SHE SAYS , ADDING THAT 802

84 WHO SAYS YOU CA N’T 757

89 YOU SAY YOU DO N’T 726

91 IT SHOWS YOU HOW TO 706

_N shows_VVZ * * *

1 TUTORIAL SHOWS YOU HOW TO 1185 2 VIDEO SHOWS YOU HOW TO 1005 3 GUIDE SHOWS YOU HOW TO 827 4 WEB SHOWS RESOURCES 568 5 ARTICLE SHOWS YOU HOW TO 453 6 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PEOPLE WHO 404 7 BOOK SHOWS YOU HOW TO 359 8 EXAMPLE SHOWS HOW TO USE 357 9 VIDEO SHOWS HOW YOU CAN 318 10 COMPANY SHOWS ITS RETURN ON 317 11 RATIO SHOWS THE VALUE OF 305 12 TUTORIAL SHOWS HOW TO USE 263 13 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THERE IS 260 14 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THERE ARE 258

15 MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION OF 236

16 METHOD SHOWS YOU HOW TO 223 17 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT IS 209 18 CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER OF 201 19 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STUDENTS WHO 199 20 SIZE SHOWS THE PROPORTION OF 196 21 EXAMPLE SHOWS YOU HOW TO 189 22 ARTICLE SHOWS HOW TO USE 188 23 EXAMPLE SHOWS HOW TO CREATE 188

24 TV SHOWS SUCH AS THE 187

25 GRAPH SHOWS THE NUMBER OF 183 26 EXAMPLE SHOWS HOW YOU CAN 182 27 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MORE THAN 178 28 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PEOPLE WITH 175 29 TABLE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF 175 30 EXAMINATION SHOWS NO ABNORMALITIES . 172 31 FIGURE SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF 158 32 COURSE SHOWS YOU HOW TO 156 33 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CHILDREN WHO 156 34 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF YOU 154 35 SECTION SHOWS YOU HOW TO 151 36 REPORT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF 148 37 MAP SHOWS A CITY MAP 147 38 ILLUSTRATION SHOWS A CROSSED FLAG 144 39 VIDEO SHOWS HOW TO USE 141 40 COLUMN SHOWS THE NUMBER OF 140 41 TREND SHOWS NO SIGN OF 137 42 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE AVERAGE 135 43 TREND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF 133 44 GRAPH SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF 132 45 PAGE SHOWS YOU HOW TO 131 46 POST SHOWS YOU HOW TO 129

47 TV SHOWS SUCH AS ” 128

48 SHOWS THE NUMBER OF 126 49 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THOSE WHO 125 50 IMAGE SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF 123 51 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE MORE 121 52 LESSON SHOWS YOU HOW TO 120 53 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE MOST 117 54 DATA SHOWS THAT THE AVERAGE 115 55 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS 110 56 GRAPH SHOWS THE WEEKLY AVAILABILITY 109 57 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY 106 58 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MOST PEOPLE 103 59 TELEVISION SHOWS SUCH AS THE 103 60 TRADE SHOWS IN THE WORLD 99 61 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT ‘S 97 62 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE 97 63 TOPIC SHOWS YOU HOW TO 93 64 STUDY SHOWS THAT THERE IS 92

65 TV SHOWS AS WELL AS 92

66 EXAMPLE SHOWS THE USE OF 88 67 CHART SHOWS THE PRICE OF 87 68 CHART SHOWS THE WAGE DISPARITY 87 69 TUTORIAL SHOWS HOW TO CREATE 87 70 CHART SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF 86 71 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE BEST 86 72 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WHEN PEOPLE 86 73 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT CAN 85 74 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THEY ARE 85 75 GRAPH SHOWS AVERAGE PRICES OF 84 76 MAP SHOWS THE LOCATIONS OF 84

77 TELEVISION SHOWS SUCH AS ” 83

78 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IN THE 79 79 GOD SHOWS HIS LOVE FOR 78 80 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WOMEN WHO 78 81 VIDEO SHOWS SOME OF THE 78 82 SLEEVE SHOWS JUST A LITTLE 76 83 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ONE OF 75

84 TV SHOWS TV SERIES LIST 75

85 MARKER SHOWS THE LOCATION OF 74 86 DATA SHOWS THAT THE NUMBER 73 87 EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT IT IS 73 88 STOCK SHOWS P/E VALUE OF 73 89 CHART SHOWS THE EMPLOYMENT AND 72 90 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT TAKES 72 91 DATA SHOWS THAT THERE IS 71 92 PICTURE SHOWS A CLOSE UP 71 93 TAB SHOWS A LIST OF 71 94 ARTICLE SHOWS HOW TO CREATE 70 95 DATA SHOWS THE NUMBER OF 70 96 PHOTO SHOWS ONE OF THE 70 97 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ONE IN 70 98 STUDY SHOWS THAT PEOPLE WHO 70 99 PAGE SHOWS A LIST OF 69

100 TABLE SHOWS THE RESULTS OF 69

A2: adding, company, crossed, examination, god, guide, if, just, list, map, most, post, price, prices, return, sign, signs, size, such, video, web, weekly B1: article, average, create, employment, experience, figure, flag, location, locations, method, report, research, results, section, series, sleeve, tin, topic, trade, trend, value, wage B2:

availability, chart, column, data, graph, image, majority, percentage, resources, stock

*We believe that if an adverb can be used with this structure, then it is B2.