В пособии рассматриваются основные моменты английской грамматики: части речи имя существительное, имя прилагательное и наречие; видо-временные формы глагола; модальные глаголы; неличные формы глагола

E. go on
go on + ing = continue doing the same thing.
We can’t go on living in this shabby flat.
go on + infinitive = do or say something new. The speaker can even continue
talking about the same topic but introduces a new aspect of it.
He welcomed the newcomers and went on to explain the
principles of the theory.
F. stop
stop + ing = stop what one is doing. It can be followed by object + gerund.
I can’t stop him playing computer games.
stop + infinitive = make a pause in order to do something else.
He stopped to light a cigarette.


G. allow, advise, forbid, permit, recommend
Gerund is used when there is no personal object. If we say who is allowed,
advised, etc., the infinitive is used.
They don’t allow smoking in the cinema.
They don’t allow the spectators to smoke in the cinema.


H. regret, remember, forget
1. They are used with a gerund when the action expressed by the gerund is
the earlier action:
I regret telling them this awful news.
(telling is the first action, regret is the second)
I remember hearing about their marriage from my friend.
(hearing is the first action, remember is the second)
remember can be followed by possessive adjective/object + gerund:
I remember his/him explaining it to me.
I remember my teacher(’s) explaining it to me.
forget + gerund is possible only when forget is in the negative. It is of-
ten used after will never forget:
I’ll never forget visiting the Buckingham Palace
= I’ll always remember visiting the Buckingham Palace.

2. When regret, remember, forget themselves express the earlier action they

are followed by an infinitive:
I regret to say that you are fired.
(regret is the first action, to say is the second)