The first point in the English Grammar Profile!
A1 point 1 in the category of ADVERBS is defined:
adverbs of degree and time to modify verbs.
An iWeb search for:
really|always|sometimes _VV
1 REALLY WANT
213278
I really want a brother.
2 REALLY LIKE 181415
3 REALLY NEED 161580
4 REALLY KNOW 79538
5 ALWAYS WANTED 76779
6 REALLY ENJOYED 71236
7 REALLY LOVE 68352
8 REALLY THINK 68294
9 REALLY WANTED 65445
10 REALLY APPRECIATE 64860
11 REALLY GET 62171
12 ALWAYS LOOKING 61398
13 ALWAYS USE 59409
14 ALWAYS GET 59317
15 REALLY ENJOY 53970
16 REALLY LIKED 51647
17 ALWAYS THOUGHT 51248
18 REALLY MAKE 47382
19 ALWAYS GOING 45885
20 ALWAYS MAKE 45187
21 REALLY HELP 43802
22 SOMETIMES CALLED 43089
23 REALLY CARE 38172
24 REALLY MATTER 37130
25 ALWAYS TRY 36913
26 REALLY LOOKING 36330
27 REALLY GOING 36087
28 REALLY HELPED 35566
29 ALWAYS KEEP 34105
30 ALWAYS FIND 34099
31 REALLY HOPE 34061
32 REALLY FEEL 34012
33 ALWAYS REMEMBER 33525
34 ALWAYS GO
32746
I always go to Waterfront.
PELIC STUDENT Arabic male level 2 writing
35 ALWAYS LOOK 31744
36 REALLY HELPS 31246
37 REALLY SEE 31228
38 ALWAYS LOVED 30851
39 ALWAYS FELT 30655
40 REALLY MAKES 30128
41 REALLY UNDERSTAND 30123
42 REALLY GOT 29911
43 ALWAYS WANT 28683
44 REALLY WORK 26959
45 REALLY MADE 26085
46 ALWAYS COME 25978
47 ALWAYS TAKE 25743
48 ALWAYS SAY 25484
49 SOMETIMES REFERRED 24696
50 REALLY DEPENDS 24629
51 REALLY NEEDED 24559
52 ALWAYS CHECK 23412
53 REALLY WORKS 23090
54 ALWAYS FEEL 22876
55 ALWAYS WORK 22810
56 REALLY BELIEVE 22519
57 REALLY NEEDS 22185
58 ALWAYS FOUND 21872
59 ALWAYS SEEM 21820
60 ALWAYS KNOW 21789
61 ALWAYS SAID 21609
62 ALWAYS ASK 21296
63 REALLY EXCITED 21181
64 ALWAYS SEEMS 20946
65 REALLY WANTS 20283
66 REALLY MEAN 20248
67 REALLY THOUGHT 19802
68 ALWAYS MADE 18951
69 REALLY IMPRESSED 18422
70 REALLY TAKE 18314
71 ALWAYS USED 17770
72 REALLY LOOK 17707
73 ALWAYS TRYING 17675
74 ALWAYS THINK 17546
75 ALWAYS NEED 17395
76 ALWAYS TELL 16971
77 REALLY LOVED 16865
78 ALWAYS LOVE 16815
79 REALLY MEANS 16334
80 SOMETIMES USED 16187
81 REALLY WISH 15940
82 ALWAYS PUT 15874
83 REALLY KNOWS 15864
84 ALWAYS SEEMED 15658
85 ALWAYS WONDERED 15600
86 ALWAYS LIKED 15123
87 REALLY GO 14979
88 REALLY PUT 14974
89 ALWAYS SEE 14902
90 REALLY USE 14886
91 ALWAYS GIVE 14789
92 ALWAYS KNEW 14233
93 SOMETIMES GET 14042
94 ALWAYS MAKES 13983
95 REALLY ENJOYING 13629
96 REALLY TRYING 13509
97 ALWAYS LIKE 13278
98 REALLY FELT 13189
99 ALWAYS COMES 13089
100 ALWAYS RECOMMEND 13086
Most common A1 verbs:
get, want, like, need, know, wanted, love, think, use, liked, thought, make, feel, go, look, see, loved, felt, makes, work, made, take, used
There are no good examples of ‘sometimes’ with A1 grammar above, so we have looked for:
sometimes _VVZ
1 SOMETIMES GETS 3304
2 SOMETIMES TAKES 2944
3 SOMETIMES HAPPENS 2890
This sometimes happens.
4 SOMETIMES SEEMS 2886
5 SOMETIMES MAKES 2703
6 SOMETIMES FEELS 2466
7 SOMETIMES COMES 1680
8 SOMETIMES MEANS 1601
9 SOMETIMES WORKS 1483
10 SOMETIMES CAUSES 1404