understand | realise + that CLAUSE – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 Point 42 in the category of VERBS/patterns is defined as:

an increasing range of verbs, typically reporting or mental process verbs, with a ‘that’-clause as the direct object

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

I started to understand that there are many types of movies, and I started to distinguish between them.

Arabic, Male, Level 4, Writing Class.

*Note that this partly overlaps ’28 present simple B1 2 with an increasing a range of mental process verbs, including ‘remember’, ‘understand’, ‘believe’.”  From this, we could surmise additional examples of what ‘increasing range’ means.

An iWeb search for:

UNDERSTAND|REALIsE that_C _P _VV

1 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT 744 2 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEED 742 3 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED 511 4 UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES 378 5 UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED 332 6 UNDERSTAND THAT I NEED 304 7 REALISE THAT YOU NEED 163 8 REALISE THAT THEY NEED 133 9 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WANT 111 10 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU FEEL 108 11 UNDERSTAND THAT WE LIVE 83 12 REALISE THAT WE NEED 71 13 REALISE THAT I NEED 70 14 UNDERSTAND THAT HE NEEDS 63

15 UNDERSTAND THAT IT MEANS 61

16 UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAKES 60 17 UNDERSTAND THAT IT NEEDS 59 18 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GET 59 19 UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT 56 20 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW 54 21 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU THINK 52 22 UNDERSTAND THAT I NEEDED 51 23 UNDERSTAND THAT I WANT 51 24 UNDERSTAND THAT HE WANTS 43 25 UNDERSTAND THAT SHE NEEDS 42 26 UNDERSTAND THAT I LOVE 41 27 UNDERSTAND THAT IT COMES 41

28 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CARE 41

29 UNDERSTAND THAT I KNOW 40

30 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU BELIEVE 39

31 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU LOVE 39 32 REALISE THAT I NEEDED 38 33 UNDERSTAND THAT WE RESERVE 38 34 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU LIKE 38 35 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU USE 36 36 UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE WANTS 35 37 UNDERSTAND THAT I MEAN 34 38 UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAKE 34 39 UNDERSTAND THAT I THINK 33 40 UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE MAKES 32 41 UNDERSTAND THAT WE KNOW 31 42 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WORK 31 43 REALISE THAT IT TAKES 30

44 UNDERSTAND THAT IT COSTS 29

45 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU EXPECT 29 46 REALISE THAT YOU WANT 27 47 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU VALUE 27 48 UNDERSTAND THAT IT WORKS 26 49 UNDERSTAND THAT I GET 25

50 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MEAN 25

51 UNDERSTAND THAT IT REQUIRES 24 52 UNDERSTAND THAT IT SEEMS 24

53 UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING CONTAINED 24 (probably past particle)

54 UNDERSTAND THAT IT LOOKS 23 55 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANTED 23 56 UNDERSTAND THAT IT TOOK 22 57 UNDERSTAND THAT WE TAKE 22

58 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WISH 22

59 UNDERSTAND THAT HE NEEDED 21

60 UNDERSTAND THAT NOBODY WANTS 21

61 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEEDED 21 62 UNDERSTAND THAT WE WORK 21 63 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU REQUIRE 21 64 UNDERSTAND THAT I WANTED 20 65 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WANTED 20 66 UNDERSTAND THAT WE GET 20

67 UNDERSTAND THAT WE RECEIVE 20

68 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DESERVE 20 69 REALISE THAT YOU WANTED 19 70 UNDERSTAND THAT IT GOES 19 71 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY LIVE 19 72 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU TAKE 19 73 UNDERSTAND THAT HE LOVES 18

74 UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAPPENS 18

75 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAKE 18 76 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY PLAY 18 77 UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEEDED 18 78 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SAY 18 79 REALISE THAT I WANTED 17 80 UNDERSTAND THAT I GOT 17 81 UNDERSTAND THAT IT HELPS 17

82 UNDERSTAND THAT IT HURTS 17

83 UNDERSTAND THAT NOBODY LIKES 17 84 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY GET 17 85 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY USE 17 86 REALISE THAT I WANT 16 87 REALISE THAT IT NEEDS 16 88 UNDERSTAND THAT HE WANTED 16 89 UNDERSTAND THAT IT DEPENDS 16 90 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WORK 16 91 UNDERSTAND THAT WE LOVE 16 92 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ASSUME 16 93 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SAID 16 94 REALISE THAT HE NEEDS 15

95 REALISE THAT YOU FORGOT 15

96 UNDERSTAND THAT I FEEL 15 97 UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WANTS 15 98 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY FEEL 15 99 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GOT 15

100 UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE NEEDS 14