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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