Regret, forget, remember, try, stop TO or ING? What´s the difference in meaning?
I regret saying that to him. He left me. I regret to inform you that you´re very sick. Regret before you say. You said something you´re sorry.
FORGET I´ll never forget taking my son to school for the first time. I forgot to send the e-mail You didn´t do something. You won´t forget it.
REMEMBER Remember to call me! Bye. I remember closing the door. You did something. Later you remember it. You must remember to call.
I tried to change the tyre. TRY I tried to change the tyre. But I couldn´t. Try adding wine. You make an effort to do something hard. You experiment with something.
STOP He stopped to smoke just to relax. He stopped smoking. Refers to an intention. Refers to the end of an activity.
Look at the pictures and make up sentences!!
Forget / ride my bike first time. I won´t forget riding my bike for the first time.
Remember / take your medicine. Remember to take your medicine.
Why don´t you /try / learn Portuguese?. Why don´t you try learning Portuguese?
The baby stop/cry during the night. The baby stopped crying during the night.
I / not regret / tell you what I thought I don´t regret telling you what I thought.
Remember / buy milk. Remember to buy milk.
I regret / get drunk that night I regret getting drunk that night. Look what they did !