1. 英语语法
  2. 特殊词精讲
  3. forget doing/to do

forget to do忘记要去做某事。(未做)

forget doing忘记做过某事。(已做)

The light in the office is stil on. He forgot to turn it off.

办公室的灯还在亮着,它忘记关了。(没有做关灯的动作)

He forgot turning the light off.

他忘记他已经关了灯了。 ( 已做过关灯的动作)

Don't forget to come tomorrow.

别忘了明天来。 (to come动作未做)

例题:

-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。

解析: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。