Table 5 Verbs that realize the Process in ‘material’ clauses in the students’ writing

1st

accumulate, improve, change, come up, come with, communicate, decrease, depend, fail, fall, find back, fulfill, gain, gather, harvest, increase, live, make, overcome, persist, rebuild, restrain, return, solve, stand, start, try, work out (No. = 28)

5th

achieve, benefit, bring, complete, do good to, persist on, finish, fulfill, get, give, go, go out, increase, influence, leave, make, play, provide, push, sit, spend, start, take, teach, use, visit, widen, widespread, write (No. = 29)

10th

buy, hold, keep, bring, devote, do, donate, get, give, go on, help, join, make, provide, sell, take part in, teach (No. = 18)