forget to do忘記要去做某事。(未做)
forget doing忘記做過某事。(已做)
The light in the office is stil on. He forgot to turn it off.
辦公室的燈還在亮著,它忘記關(guān)了。(沒有做關(guān)燈的動(dòng)作)
He forgot turning the light off.
他忘記他已經(jīng)關(guān)了燈了。 ( 已做過關(guān)燈的動(dòng)作)
Don’t forget to come tomorrow.
別忘了明天來(lái)。 (to come動(dòng)作未做)
典型例題
---- 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
答案:C。由the light is still on 可知燈亮著,即關(guān)燈的動(dòng)作沒有發(fā)生,因此用forget to do sth.
而forget doing sth表示燈已經(jīng)關(guān)上了,而自己忘記了這一事實(shí)。此處不符合題意。