subject + verb – English Grammar Profiler
A1 point 2 in the category of CLAUSES is defined:
simple affirmative declarative clauses
For example:
We‘re different.
People see us as being different anyway.
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Also at A1 is:
negative statements of the main verb ‘be’, with contracted and uncontracted forms.
For example:
I‘m not a doctor.
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It‘s not bad for a couple of lawyers.
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*The English Grammar Profile examples contain the verb ‘BE’.
An iWeb search for:
_NN _VB
1 PEOPLE ARE 858168
The people are happy.
2 PROBLEM IS 414823 3 SYSTEM IS 373988 4 THING IS 358647 5 PROGRAM IS 329980 6 INFORMATION IS 326256 7 TIME IS 302685 8 STUDENTS ARE 301277 9 GOAL IS 299154 10 NAME IS 293389 11 LIFE IS 292442 12 QUESTION IS 282119 13 THINGS ARE 280000 14 WORK IS 263467 15 GAME IS 250820 16 COMPANY IS 246792 17 DATA IS 234476 18 PEOPLE WERE 232660
19 PROCESS IS 222444
The top 20 A1 vocabulary:
are, game, is, life, name, people, problem, question, students, thing, things, time, work
21 SERVICE IS 216709 22 TEAM IS 206713 23 POINT IS 201606 24 WORLD IS 201555 25 ANSWER IS 196773 26 BOOK IS 194917 27 PRODUCT IS 193794 28 SITE IS 191835 29 RESULT IS 189875 30 PRODUCTS ARE 185661 31 WATER IS 183577 32 OPTION IS 180254 33 AREA IS 174191 34 PERSON IS 170608 35 PROJECT IS 168746 36 COURSE IS 166781 37 CHILDREN ARE 163554 38 BUSINESS IS 158240 39 LINE IS 157259 40 OTHERS ARE 156194 41 BODY IS 153957 42 STORY IS 151783 43 ISSUE IS 150981 44 WOMEN ARE 145985 45 VALUE IS 145633 46 SERVICES ARE 144835 47 NUMBER IS 144325 48 HOUSE IS 142292 49 PART IS 141886 50 MARKET IS 141576 51 COMPANIES ARE 141550 52 NEWS IS 140672 53 CHANCES ARE 140489 54 CHILD IS 138956 55 CAR IS 137950 56 IDEA IS 137898 57 RESULTS ARE 137000 58 TRUTH IS 136838 59 PLAN IS 134179 60 DESIGN IS 132994 61 MONEY IS 132126 62 DAY IS 132000 63 PROPERTY IS 130191 64 PRICE IS 128990 65 FOOD IS 128018 66 EXPERIENCE IS 126270 67 JOB IS 125397 68 MAN IS 124731 69 CASE IS 124056 70 TECHNOLOGY IS 123554 71 YEAR IS 123439 72 STEP IS 121689 73 GROUP IS 121581 74 RATE IS 121522 75 OPTIONS ARE 121017 76 CONTENT IS 120600 77 SCHOOL IS 120349 78 EVENT IS 120337 79 METHOD IS 119842 80 LIST IS 118948 81 WEBSITE IS 118184 82 DIFFERENCE IS 117615 83 CITY IS 117484 84 GOVERNMENT IS 117352 85 KIDS ARE 117169 86 MEMBERS ARE 115469 87 SOLUTION IS 112847 88 MODEL IS 112314 89 SPACE IS 110551 90 FILE IS 109811 91 HOME IS 107609 92 PRICES ARE 107507 93 CHANGE IS 106886 94 INDUSTRY IS 106135 95 CODE IS 105747 96 PROGRAMS ARE 104749 97 CARD IS 104531 98 APPROACH IS 103407 99 CUSTOMERS ARE 102339
100 GUYS ARE 102284
A search in the NOW corpus for pronoun + lexical verb shows that the present tense is about as common as the past tense:
_P _VV
1 HE SAID 10997758 PAST 2 I THINK 4562305 3 SHE SAID 3887309 PAST 4 HE ADDED 1828707 PAST 5 WE NEED 1738853 6 YOU KNOW 1524121 7 HE SAYS 1499470 8 YOU WANT 1379085 9 IT COMES 1274341 10 WE WANT 1252270 11 I KNOW 1237558 12 YOU NEED 1221845 13 I WANT 1146453 14 WE KNOW 990233 15 HE TOLD 885952 PAST 16 SHE SAYS 869173 17 YOU GET 865258 18 WE USE 782828 19 I FEEL 766911 20 I THOUGHT 758560 PAST 21 IT SEEMS 730503 22 THEY WANT 723502 23 YOU THINK 697317 24 I LOVE 697176 25 IT SAID 660522 PAST 26 THEY NEED 635030 27 YOU SEE 624220 28 I GOT 623576 PAST 29 I BELIEVE 619145 30 WE BELIEVE 575200 31 I HOPE 557214 32 THEY SAID 532061 PAST 33 IT TAKES 518422 34 I WANTED 516151 PAST 35 SHE ADDED 511786 PAST 36 WE GET 489874 37 WE SEE 489151 38 I SAID 480492 PAST 39 US DELETE 472909 40 I MEAN 451105 41 IT TOOK 433904 PAST 42 HE MADE 429275 PAST 43 YOU AGREE 418885 44 IT LOOKS 414289 45 WE GOT 409203 PAST 46 I FELT 409108 PAST 47 WE ASK 404875 48 I KNEW 399507 PAST 49 I SAW 391805 PAST 50 IT MAKES 390082 51 I LIKE 383380 52 WE THINK 382858 53 IT MEANS 382800 54 YOU LIKE 382524 55 SHE TOLD 378060 PAST 56 THEY SAY 371713 57 I WENT 370544 PAST 58 YOU USE 368281 59 HE WANTS 367910 60 YOU LOOK 365411 61 WE HOPE 359218 62 I GET 358084 63 HE WENT 357973 PAST 64 HE WANTED 349983 PAST 65 HE GOT 347771 PAST 66 I SEE 341328 67 WHO DIED 339577 PAST 68 HE TOOK 334934 PAST 69 I REMEMBER 329629 70 YOU FEEL 328028 71 YOU WISH 326227 72 YOU GO 322761 73 HE WROTE 322476 PAST 74 WE LOOK 320553 75 THEY GET 316456 76 I STARTED 309683 PAST 77 IT CAME 308262 PAST 78 WHO WANT 303464 79 I GUESS 301480 80 WE EXPECT 297458 81 WHO SAID 297122 PAST 82 WE SAW 279017 PAST 83 I FOUND 275637 PAST 84 I NEED 271499 85 US KNOW 268404 86 THEY KNOW 266481 87 IT APPEARS 266137 88 WE WANTED 261587 PAST 89 YOU MAKE 258336 90 IT FEELS 257507 91 HE CAME 241502 PAST 92 YOU FIND 238037 93 HE CALLED 237937 PAST 94 I WISH 235370 95 HE EXPLAINED 234731 PAST 96 WE CONTINUE 234696 97 HE BELIEVES 232959 98 I TOLD 224344 PAST 99 I LOOK 224150
100 HE NOTED 223358 PAST