REMEMBER AND REMIND

REMEMBER

If we remember someone or something, we keep that person or thing in our mind or we bring that person or thing back to our mind

REMEMBER+TO-INFINITIVE•Remember + to-infinitive means that we don’t forget to do something:

Ex. Remember to save your work often, just in case your computer crashes.

REMEBER+ THE -ING FORMRemember + the -ing form of a verb means ‘have a memory of something we did or of something that happened in the past’:

Ex. I remember meeting her once. It must have been about five years ago.

REMEMBER + OBJECT+ TO WHEN

We can also use remember + object + to when we ask someone to ‘give regards to’ or ‘say hello to’ someone:

A: Remember me to your parents when you see them. B:I will. They always ask about you.

Remind

Subject + Remind + S +me

If a person or thing reminds you of someone or something, they make you think of that person or thing, or they resemble that person or thing:

Ex. That song always reminds me of the time I fell in love with an Italian girl.

• Remind + personal pronoum

If we remind someone to do something or about something, we make them remember it or help them not to forget it:

Ex. Remind me to email Tony today; otherwise I’ll probably forget.

• Exercices

• http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_cont/exercises/remember-remind-ex.html

EXERCISE AT HOME• 1) Fill the gaps with remember and remind in the correct form, using the model sentences to help you.

1 Have you ............................ Jack to bring his credit card?

2 I can't ............................ anything about the accident at all.

3 I must ............................ myself to take my pills after lunch.

4 I must ............................ to take my pills after lunch.

5 ............................ me to take my umbrella, please.

6 She forgot to ............................ him about the plumber coming.

7 You ............................ me of my cousin Zöe.

8 Do you ............................ the time we went to Songkhla and had that fantastic crab curry?

9 Sometimes Valencia ............................ me of Sydney.

10 Come on. Try to ............................ what he was wearing.

11 Those funny trousers you're wearing ............................ me of Tintin.

12 The last thing he ............................ was ordering another drink.

13 Do you ............................ the worst film you saw at the cinema?

14 Have you ............................ anybody about anything recently?

• 2) Now write some examples of your own.

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