forget
Base form
forget
/fəˈɡet//fərˈɡet/
Past simple
forgot
/fəˈɡɒt//fərˈɡɑːt/
Past participle
forgottenforgotten / forgot
/fəˈɡɒtn//fərˈɡɑːtn/ /fərˈɡɑːt/
MeaningA1
to not remember something
to forget your password
In use
- Negative · Form 1Don’t forget to lock the back door when you go out.
- Question · Form 1Did you forget about the meeting this morning?
- Past simple · Form 2I forgot my umbrella at the café yesterday.
- Past simple · Form 2Last week Ben forgot his mum’s birthday for the first time ever.
- Present perfect · Form 3Oh no, I’ve forgotten my password again.
- Passive · Form 3Within a few years, the old cinema was completely forgotten.
Watch out
After have use forgotten: I have forgotten my keys. Have forgot is heard in American English, but forgotten is standard everywhere.
Same pattern
A — B — CAll three forms differ
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