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“To remind” or “to remember”

To remind and to remember are confusing verbs.

GENERAL USE
Remember means to ‘have the memory of something’, ‘not forget something’.
e.g: The last thing he remembers was ordering another drink.
Remind means ‘make somebody remember’.
e.g: This place reminds me of home.

There are some exercises below to practice the use of these two verbs:

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.remind.i.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/375.html


Past Simple vs Present Perfect

The correct usage of these verbal tenses is not easy for Spanish learners. Here you have a list of websites in order to practice:

http://ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/presentperfect-pastsimple.htm
http://www.curso-de-ingles.de/gramatica/capitulo8/8_4_simple_past_vs_present_perfect.htm
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm
http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Lecc20.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/228.html

-ed and -ing ending adjectives: further practice

Here you have some online exercises in order to pactice the use of -en and -ing ending adjectives. Remember the general rule:

We use -ed adjectives to say how we feel about something or someone (effect)
We use -ing adjectives to say how something or someone makes us feel (cause)

Click on the next links:

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/adjing.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/pre/a_grammar/unit10/nepre_grammar10_1/

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexercise/adjetivosyadverbios/unit30.htm

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/exgrammar/adjective.htm

http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/reviewlesson/passive3a.html