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Remember / Remind

   REMEMBER

to remember =  to keep some information in the memory

opposite: to forget

I can remember people's faces, but not their names. You are Mr ? ...Grastskypt.

       1.  

a) This verb can be transitive (with an object)

           I remember your name now, you are Mr Grastskypt

b) It  can be  intransitive (without an object)

          This is the third time we 've met Doctor, remember?

      2. remember + infinitive  (future action)

            Please remember to lock the door when you go out  !

            remember +verb -ing   (past action)

            I'll always remember flying to America on Concorde     

      3. remember is often used with when  where  why   how

               I can't remember where I have put my keys.

               Now I  remember why I didn't buy the newspaper yesterday.

               Try to remember when life was so tender that no one swept except the willow...(song)

               Do you remember how  the street looked before this skyscraper was built ?

    REMIND

           To remind = to help someone else remember something

   to make someone remember something

                 His secretary calls to remind him about the meeting. 

                remind always has an object

                  This handkerchief has a knot. The knot reminds the  man that he has something to do.

               Sarah, could you remind Tom to phone his grandmother tomorrow ?

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1.
Where did you park the car? I can't remindrememberI don't know.

2.
That song always remembersremindsI don't know me of our trip to Germany.

3.
John, when you come back home this evening remember buyingto buyI don't know some bread.

4.
Passengers are remindedrememberedI don't know that smoking is not allowed on this commuter train.

5.
Do you know my friend Jenny?

I remember meetingto meetI don't know her at a party once.

6.
RemindRememberI don't know, processed food is usually full of salt and sugar.

7.
How did the accident happen? I can't remindrememberI don't know anything about it.

8.
I shouldn't need to rememberremindI don't know you to wash your hands before eating.

9.
Please remember shuttingto shutI don't know the window when you go out.

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Oh! my bag has disappeared. I clearly remember putputtingI don't know it on that chair and now it has gone.