Nice to meet you

What's your name?

uhhh...my name is Gregory

and uhhh how are you Sir?

Not bad...but uhhh

My memory is not what it used to be

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

It's funny, though, you know

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

Well, it's been nice meeting you Gregory

That old geezer said some very interesting things

He said, "I remember being a child"

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

In the first sentence, the first verb

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

This second verb is in the gerund form

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

was followed by the infinitive 'to do'

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

But in each sentence it has a very different meaning

First, let's look at 'remember doing'

When 'remember' is followed by a gerund

The action of doing happens first

and then you remember it

so you are experiencing a memory

Oh, here's Gregory now

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

Let's see here

When I was a young lad I went to school

I remember playing stickball with my friends

By golly we had a great time

Also, I lived through the Great Depression

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

I fought in the second world war

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

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

I remember going to school

I remember playing stickball

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

The order of events is different

It means first you remember,

then you do something

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

Then you do it, or did it

Basically, you remember the task that must be done

Then, you do it

Hello Gregory

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

Let's see here, ahhh ummm

Ah...I've got it!

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

I need to call my friend and family and uhhh

Oh yeah...I need to pay my bills

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

I need to remember to buy her a present

All Right, now Gregory

Could you please give us an example sentence using the infinitive

Sure thing there Sonny Boy

I must remember to take my medicine

I must remember to call my friend and family

I must remember to pay my bills

and I must remember to buy my wife a gift

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

can be used with remember

First we'll look at remember followed by a noun

The sentence pattern is as follows

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

I remember that day

She remembers them

We remember your name

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

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

The pattern is as follows

'Subject', 'remember' or remembers'

then a wh- word

and a clause

For example, I remember who I wanted to see

She remembers what they said

We remember where we went last night

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

She remembers when she was a child

They remember why he told us to do that

I remember how they did that so fast

Well, that's it for this lesson

Have a great day!