You had made plans with your close friend to meet up at a park to go jogging together. You forgot about it until your friend called to angrily ask where you were. You say:
Oh shit. It totally slipped my mind.
forgetting, friend, idioms, interjection, memory A coworker comes to your office to ask a question. You were supposed to search for some information for her on your computer, but you got sidetracked. You forgot what you were looking for. You say to yourself:
What was I looking for again?
You run into a close childhood friend that you haven't seen in several years. You're talking to each other about the past. You remember something that happened to you a few times when you were both kids. You say:
You remember how you used to always play that song on your dad's stereo?
When you're asking a question to a friend or family member, you sometimes leave "do" out of the question. A more formal way to ask this question is:
Do you remember how you always used to play that song on your dad's stereo?
When you are remembering a past situation, you can say "remember that (something happened):
Do you remember that we dressed as super heroes for Halloween in fifth grade?
However, this only means to remember the fact that something happened. A good answer to this question would be just "yes" or "no". When you want to talk about remembering the experience of an event, you use "remember how (something happened)":
Do you remember how we dressed as super heroes for Halloween in fifth grade?
The proper response to this question is to describe some detail of that memory:
Yeah, I was Batman and you were Spider-man.
You use the phrase "used to ___" when you're talking about memories of the past. It's used to describe something that you did several times — not just once or twice.
You were planning to send an email to some friends inviting them to go out for dinner. Now you're not sure if you sent it. You say:
I can't remember if I sent it or not.
if, invitation, memory, whether You're being asked what color shirt a person was wearing. You think it was blue, but you're not 100% sure. You say:
If I recall correctly, I think it was blue.
clothing, conditionals, if, memory, uncertainty 