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Vocabulary: steal or rob? remember or remind? - English lesson

Choosing? Yes, choosing between two words which have 'the same meaning' but are

not used in the same circumstances... Choosing isn't always an easy task...

Let's have a look...

A) STEAL or ROB? 

A1) TO STEAL (I stole, stolen) : to take (the property of another) without permission or right,

especially secretly or by force

- Some thieves stole our neighbour's car... 

- The tramp stole food from the shop. 

 Be careful about the prepositions accompanying the verb: to steal something FROM

somebody/ somewhere. 

- Someone stole ten chickens from our henhouse. 

A2) TO ROB (regular verb) : to deprive of something unjustly

- Pat was robbed of her pounds in the underground. 

- She's been afraid since she was robbed in the street.

 The preposition following the verb: to rob OF something. 

- She was robbed of her most precious jewels. 

B) REMEMBER ou REMIND: 

B1) REMEMBER: (regular verb): to recall to the mind by an act or effort of memory; think of

something again

- I remember his face, but I can't remember his name!

 - She remembered her appointment to the dentist.

 Remember is not followed by a preposition. TO REMEMBER something/ somebody.

- She remembered our past Xmas together. 

    Remember song lyrics...                                                              Remember me...

B2) To REMIND: (regular verb): make (someone) aware (of something he may have forgotten

 Two structures are possible: - TO REMIND SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING

                                                 -  TO REMIND SOMEBODY of SOMETHING

- She reminded her to switch off the light.

- Can you remind me of her birth date? 

   To remind someone of something...                              To remind someone of someone else...

             A reminder...

Well, as you can see, it's quite easy...Now, go for the test! 

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