forget
forget doing sth / forget to do sth
forget to do sth忘记去做某事、表示要去做,但是忘记了没去做。
如 I forgot to close the door. 我忘了要关门。
forget doing sth忘记做过某事、表示已经做了某事,但是事后忘记了,不记得做过某事。
I forget closing the door. 我忘记已经关上门了。
典型例题
1. ---- The light in the office is still on.
---- Oh,I forgot___.
A. turning it off B. turn it off C. to turn it off D. having turned it off
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1. 答案:C。由the light is still on 可知灯亮着,即关灯的动作没有发生,因此用forget to do sth.
而forget doing sth表示灯已经关上了,而自己忘记了这一事实。此处不符合题意。