subject + adverb + lexical verb + clause – English Grammar Profiler
Most reporting or mental processing constructions that introduce object clauses are listed at A2 or B1 in the English Grammar Profile. We believe that if adverbs are also included, this probably shows B2 ability. To check this, we look in the TLC speaking tests and find that the most common example only starts being used at B2:
I just think that everything is going to be alright.
female Argentina B2
I just think that pets are useful.
female China B2
A search in COCA for:
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1 I JUST THINK THAT 1128 2 I ALSO THINK THAT 1020 3 YOU REALLY THINK THAT 776 4 I ALSO KNOW THAT 741 5 WE ALSO KNOW THAT 740 6 HE ALSO SAID THAT 694 7 I ALSO BELIEVE THAT 613 8 I REALLY THINK THAT 572 9 I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT 525 10 I JUST KNOW THAT 485 11 IT ALSO MEANS THAT 462 12 I NEVER THOUGHT THAT 404 13 I REALLY BELIEVE THAT 383 14 I TRULY BELIEVE THAT 368 15 IT JUST MEANS THAT 350 16 I STILL THINK THAT 345 17 YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT 344 18 I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT 336 19 ME JUST SAY THAT 336 20 I REALLY HOPE THAT 271 21 I STILL BELIEVE THAT 264 22 I NEVER SAID THAT 261 23 I JUST THOUGHT THAT 253 24 I JUST KNEW THAT 237 25 WE ALREADY KNOW THAT 236 26 I ALSO AGREE THAT 222 27 I ACTUALLY THINK THAT 219 28 I SINCERELY HOPE THAT 213 29 I JUST HOPE THAT 207 30 I ALSO KNEW THAT 206 31 YOU EVER THINK THAT 203 32 I JUST FEEL THAT 202 33 I PERSONALLY THINK THAT 195 34 I ALWAYS KNEW THAT 192 35 HE ALSO NOTED THAT 191 36 WE ALSO FOUND THAT 191 37 I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT 190 38 I JUST SAID THAT 187 39 HE ALSO SAYS THAT 186 40 I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT 181 41 I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT 181
42 I ONLY HOPE THAT 180 ‘THAT‘ is optional.
And I only hope you find the father of this baby,
because I sincerely doubt that I‘m responsible.
Listen
43 I BOTH KNOW THAT 179 44 I ALWAYS FELT THAT 177 45 I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT 170 46 I NEVER KNEW THAT 169 47 YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT 169 48 HE ALSO KNEW THAT 167 49 SHE ALSO SAID THAT 167 50 I REALLY THOUGHT THAT 165 51 I REALLY FEEL THAT 163 52 THEY ALSO FOUND THAT 163 53 YOU JUST SAID THAT 154 54 I JUST FELT THAT 149 55 WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT 148 56 I ALSO FEEL THAT 146 57 I JUST SAY THAT 145 58 THEY ALSO SAY THAT 145 59 THEY ALSO KNOW THAT 143 60 I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT 142 61 YOU ALSO KNOW THAT 142 62 IT ALSO SHOWS THAT 138 63 I JUST ASSUMED THAT 136 64 I ALWAYS SAY THAT 135 65 I ALSO HOPE THAT 133 66 I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT 133 67 HE ALSO KNOWS THAT 131 68 I JUST REALIZED THAT 128
69 I ONLY KNOW THAT 127
I only know that the man you‘re looking at cares a lot about this job.
Vice Versa
70 THEY ALSO SAID THAT 127 71 I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT 121 72 I ALSO LEARNED THAT 120 73 IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT 119 74 IT JUST SEEMS THAT 116 75 I FINALLY REALIZED THAT 114 76 IT ALSO SUGGESTS THAT 112 77 YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT 111 78 I TOTALLY AGREE THAT 110 79 HE ALSO NOTES THAT 109 80 YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT 108 81 IT SO HAPPENS THAT 107 82 I SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT 106 83 IT ALSO SAYS THAT 106 84 I CERTAINLY THINK THAT 102 85 SHE ALSO KNEW THAT 101 86 I HONESTLY THINK THAT 99 87 I ALSO NOTICED THAT 98 88 I DEFINITELY THINK THAT 98
89 I ONLY WISH THAT 96 *notice this is followed by PAST tenses
I only wish that you had met Frank and known him personally.
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90 YOU JUST KNOW THAT 96 91 I STILL FEEL THAT 95 92 IT ALSO APPEARS THAT 92 93 THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT 90 94 I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT 88 95 YOU EVER NOTICED THAT 88 96 I JUST MEANT THAT 85 97 I NEVER IMAGINED THAT 84 98 YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT 84 99 I ALSO THOUGHT THAT 83
100 I REALLY WISH THAT 83
B2 vocabulary:
assumed, firmly, highly, simply, strongly, truly