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.