Name: English Grammar: Gerunds & Infinitives; Remember
Uploaded: 2018-11-20T12:18:42.000Z
Duration: 5 min 30 s
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To-infinitive

I find I can't remember things as well as I used to

I can remember doing things when I was very young

But I can't seem to remember to do the things that I need to do

Ahhh, that's the reality of aging, I guess

That old geezer said some very interesting things

" But I can't remember to do what I need to do each day"

'remember' is followed by a second verb "being"

In the second sentence the verb 'remember', or the first verb

'Remember' can be followed by both a gerund and an infinitive

But in each sentence it has a very different meaning

Gregory, whould you be so kind as to tell us a few things you remember doing?

I remember playing stickball with my friends

Also, I lived through the Great Depression

During that time I didn't have two pennies to rub together

Okay, now let's take a look at these memories and uhhh

talk about them using 'remember' plus a 'gerund'

I remember playing through the Great Depression

I remember fighting in the Second World War

Now let's talk about the meaning of 'remember to do'

When remember is followed by the infinitive

First you remember that something must, or had to be done

Basically, you remember the task that must be done

Could you please tell us some things that you must do in the next week

I uhhh need to take...need to take my medicine

I need to call my friend and family and uhhh

And it's uhhh my wife's 93rd birthday next week so...

Could you please give us an example sentence using the infinitive

I must remember to call my friend and family

and I must remember to buy my wife a gift

Before we go I'd like to give you two more patterns that

First we'll look at remember followed by a noun

'Subject', 'remember' or 'remembers' then 'noun' or 'pronoun'

'Remember' can also be found by a noun clause or a wh- clause

I'll show you an example with a wh- clause

For example, I remember who I wanted to see

Or maybe if you were drinking last night you don't remember where you went last night

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English Grammar: Gerunds & Infinitives; Remember

depression

present

pattern

basically