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.
Also at A1 is:
negative statements of the main verb ‘be’, with contracted and uncontracted forms.
For example:
It‘s not bad for a couple of lawyers.
*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