Change in meaning

1. Change in meaning

2.

Remember to let her
into your heart then
you can start to
make it better.
I remember holding
you, feeling felt so
right.

3.

REMEMBER
You remember doing
something AFTER you have
done it.
You remember to do
something BEFORE you do
it.
e.g. I know I locked the
door. I clearly remember
locking it.
e.g.
I remembered to lock the
door, but I forgot to shut the
windows.

4.

FORGET
You forget doing something
AFTER you have done it.
e.g. I‘ll never forget
You forget to do something
BEFORE you do it.
seeing Rio de Janeiro.
e.g.
I forgot to phone your sister
when I was in Rio de Janeiro.

5.

REGRET
You did something and
now you regret doing it.
e.g. It began to get cold and he
regretted not wearing his
coat.
regret to say/ to tell you/ to
inform you = I’m sorry that I
have to say
e.g.
We regret to inform you that
we cannot offer you the job.

6.

I was walking home from school and
stopped to play football.
I stopped playing football two years ago,
when I broke my leg.

7.

STOP
You stop doing something
to end an action, to finish
doing it.
e.g.
There’s too much noise.
Can you stop talking, please?
You stop to do something
so that you can do it.
e.g. An old man walking along
the road stopped to talk to
us.

8.

I’m trying to run this computer program.
I tried clicking on the box, but it doesn’t
work.

9.

TRY
Try doing something =do
something as an
experiment or test.
e.g.
I didn’t like the way the
furniture was arranged, so I
tried moving the table to
the other side.
You try to do something so
that you can do it.
e.g. I tried to move the table,
but it was too heavy.