I remember | believe | understand | hear (that) + CLAUSE – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile at B1, point 28 in the category of PRESENT/simple is defined:

an increasing range of mental process verbs, including ‘remember’, ‘understand’, ‘believe’

A similar addition to this point is Pearson’s GSE 62 B2

*We’ve added ‘hear’ to our profiler at B1 because Pearson doesn’t seem to use empirical evidence in the way the EGP was built.  Without this addition to our profiler ‘hear that’ would fall under A2 which seems too low considering both of these mentioned points.  Also, note that ‘hear’ does not need to be present simple.

TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLES:

I hear that other cities or other parts of Mexico are more expensive than here.

female Mexico B1

I did hear that you were fascinated by Indian history.

male India B2

*Our second example is hidden under C1 emphasis with ‘did’.

EXPERT EXAMPLES:

I remember I was running late, and I‘m always late.

TED

*The following example is not followed by a ‘that’ clause.

Which, if I remember my high school Spanish, means something like, “Enough already, make it stop!”

PELIC STUDENT WRITING CLASS EXAMPLE:

I remember I could cook when I was 10.

Chinese male, Level 3.

An iWeb search for:

I remember|believe|understand * * *

1 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 3885 2 I BELIEVE THAT IT IS 3120 3 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME 2880 4 I BELIEVE THERE IS A 2699 5 I BELIEVE THIS IS THE 2385 6 I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS 2097 7 I BELIEVE THIS IS A 2075 8 I BELIEVE IT IS A 1900 9 I UNDERSTAND IT , THE 1836 10 I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE 1777 11 I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST 1727 12 I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS 1712 13 I BELIEVE IT IS THE 1499 14 I BELIEVE IT TO BE 1443 15 I BELIEVE TO BE THE 1411 16 I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN 1310 17 I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS 1202 18 I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ‘RE 1166

19 I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU 1163

20 I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS 1162 21 I BELIEVE IT WILL BE 1156 22 I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE 1152 23 I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE 1152 24 I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE 1059 25 I BELIEVE THIS TO BE 1043 26 I BELIEVE IT ‘S A 1014 27 I REMEMBER CORRECTLY , THE 967 28 I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF 923 29 I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE 899 30 I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT 887 31 I BELIEVE IT WAS A 870 32 I BELIEVE ONE OF THE 854 33 I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 846 34 I BELIEVE IT ‘S THE 818 35 I REMEMBER AS A KID 765 36 I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE 761 37 I UNDERSTAND THAT IT ‘S 761 38 I BELIEVE TO BE A 759 39 I REMEMBER CORRECTLY . 754 40 I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR 743

41 I UNDERSTAND THAT IF I 727

42 I REMEMBER BACK IN THE 726 43 I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT 717 44 I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY , 712 45 I BELIEVE THAT IT ‘S 709 46 I BELIEVE THAT IS THE 701 47 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE 688 48 I BELIEVE THAT I AM 673 49 I BELIEVE WE NEED TO 673

50 I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM 667

For the preceding search, we have removed non-useful entries:

4 . FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND 3387 5 . HOWEVER, I BELIEVE 2666 6  FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND 2570 7  AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND 2555 8 . AS I UNDERSTAND 1996

9 AS FAR AS I REMEMBER 1965

11 . IF I REMEMBER 1509

12 IN FACT, I BELIEVE 1435
13 ‘M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND 1428

16 , FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND 1324
17 . IF I UNDERSTAND 1304

21 BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND 846

24 TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND 758

26 . FROM WHAT I REMEMBER 731
27 AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND 713

29 . WHILE I UNDERSTAND 669

34 I THINK I UNDERSTAND 615

36 . I THINK I REMEMBER 604

38 . PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE 585

42 AS LONG AS I REMEMBER 537 43 THIS IS WHY I BELIEVE 537

44 . I THINK I UNDERSTAND 511

46 FROM WHAT I REMEMBER 500
47 HOWEVER, I BELIEVE 498

A2:

agree, believe, fact, far, however, if, mean, sure, while

B1:
correctly, importance, kid, personally