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
- speak about information acquired from others using ‘hear’ + ‘(that +)’ complement clause.
- I hear that John and Susie are getting married.
- I’ve heard that Martin ‘s lost his job.
*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.
*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