What + CLAUSE + BE – English Grammar Profiler

This English Grammar Profile C1 point 53 in NOUNS/phrases defined

complex noun phrases with ‘wh-‘ cleft clauses, followed by ‘be’, to give focus

is also found in the category of FOCUS.

A search in iWeb:

. What _P _V _VB

1 . WHAT I MEAN IS 3278 2 . WHAT I DID WAS 1894 3 . WHAT I DO IS 1716 4 . WHAT WE NEED IS 1715 5 . WHAT YOU NEED IS 1657 6 . WHAT IT DOES IS 1318 7 . WHAT I FOUND WAS 1262 8 . WHAT YOU SEE IS 1198 9 . WHAT YOU DO IS 1091 10 . WHAT IT MEANS IS 923 11 . WHAT YOU WANT IS 865 12 . WHAT WE DO IS 858 13 . WHAT THEY DO IS 789 14 . WHAT THEY FOUND WAS 756 15 . WHAT I WANT IS 702 16 . WHAT I THINK IS 675 17 . WHAT YOU GET IS 637 18 . WHAT I NEED IS 561 19 . WHAT WE FOUND WAS 549 20 . WHAT WE HAVE IS 541 21 . WHAT I MEANT WAS 518 22 . WHAT WE WANT IS 504 23 . WHAT HE DID WAS 437 24 . WHAT I FOUND IS 402 25 . WHAT WE DID WAS 401 26 . WHAT I GOT WAS 395 27 . WHAT I SAW WAS 381 28 . WHAT YOU HAVE IS 372 29 . WHAT WE SEE IS 366 30 . WHAT THEY DID WAS 344 31 . WHAT I LIKE IS 341 32 . WHAT THEY NEED IS 335 33 . WHAT I SEE IS 330 34 . WHAT I SAID WAS 325 35 . WHAT WE KNOW IS 313 36 . WHAT HE FOUND WAS 310 37 . WHAT I HAVE BEEN 306 38 . WHAT THEY WANT IS 304 39 . WHAT I THOUGHT WAS 303 40 . WHAT YOU SHOULD BE 300

41 . WHAT I DID IS 280

42 . WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS 268

And what I discovered was a place I wasn’t angry with.

43 . WHAT I KNOW IS 264 44 . WHAT I ‘VE BEEN 261 45 . WHAT I LOVE IS 256 46 . WHAT WE FOUND IS 253 47 . WHAT HE SAID WAS 209 48 . WHAT WE NEED ARE 209 49 . WHAT I WANTED WAS 207 50 . WHAT I MEANT IS 198 51 . WHAT I HAVE IS 190 52 . WHAT I LEARNED IS 189 53 . WHAT HE DOES IS 184 54 . WHAT I FIND IS 180 55 . WHAT IT IS IS 178 56 . WHAT I NEEDED WAS 173 57 . WHAT THEY MEAN IS 170 58 . WHAT WE GOT WAS 170 59 . WHAT YOU SAY IS 168

60 . WHAT I SUGGEST IS 167

61 . WHAT YOU DESCRIBE IS 166 62 . WHAT WE SHOULD BE 164 63 . WHAT WE MEAN IS 160 64 . WHAT I LEARNED WAS 158 65 . WHAT THEY FOUND IS 151 66 . WHAT WE FIND IS 150 67 . WHAT I DISCOVERED IS 148

68 . WHAT I NOTICED WAS 147

69 . WHAT I NOTICED IS 147 70 . WHAT I SAY IS 144 71 . WHAT WE DID IS 144 72 . WHAT WE SAW WAS 139 73 . WHAT YOU THINK IS 138 74 . WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 137 75 . WHAT YOU NEED ARE 136 76 . WHAT I BELIEVE IS 129 77 . WHAT YOU DID WAS 124

78 . WHAT I WONDER IS 123

79 . WHAT YOU WILL BE 123 80 . WHAT WE ‘VE BEEN 122 81 . WHAT IT SAYS IS 121 82 . WHAT THEY SAY IS 116 83 . WHAT WE GET IS 116

84 . WHAT THEY DISCOVERED WAS 115

85 . WHAT I RECOMMEND IS 115 86 . WHAT HE SAW WAS 114 87 . WHAT HE SAYS IS 113 88 . WHAT HE MEANS IS 111 89 . WHAT THEY DID IS 108 90 . WHAT HE WANTS IS 107 91 . WHAT I SAID IS 106 92 . WHAT HE MEANT WAS 106 93 . WHAT THEY ARE IS 106 94 . WHAT SHE DID WAS 105

95 . WHAT HE DISCOVERED WAS 102

96 . WHAT THEY HAVE IS 102 97 . WHAT THEY FIND IS 101 98 . WHAT IT DID WAS 101 99 . WHAT YOU ‘LL BE 100

100 . WHAT I AM IS 98

B1 vocabulary:

discovered, noticed, recommend, suggest, wonder