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

accept + object:
He refused the promotion but she accepted it.
agree to (preposition) can be followed by possessive adjective + gerund
or noun/pronoun object:
I agreed to their participating in the meeting.
He agreed to the plan.
The opposite here is: I don’t agree to their participating in the meeting.


L. need
need + infinitive = it is necessary for me to do it:
He needs to practice every day if he wants to play the guitar well.
need + -ing = something needs to be done:
This difficult problem needs thinking about. (=it needs to be
thought about)

M. accustomed, afraid, ashamed, certain, interested, sorry, sure, used

1. 
   accustomed
   

Both structures to be accustomed + infinitive and to be accustomed + -ing
are possible with little difference of meaning:
She is accustomed to walk/to walking home in any weather.

2. 
   afraid
   be afraid + infinitive means that the subject is too frightened to perform
   the action and he won’t do it:
   

He is afraid to climb the tree.
(=He doesn’t want to climb the tree because he is afraid)
be afraid + -ing means that we are afraid of bad things that may happen
unexpectedly. We do not use this structure for things we do intentionally:
He didn’t want to tell her this news. He was afraid of making
her upset.
be afraid can also be followed by a that-clause. This can express a fear:
I’m afraid that this illness will ruin him, and (especially in the first
person) regret: I’m afraid (that) I can’t do it in time.

3. 
   ashamed
   be ashamed + infinitive. The infinitive here usually refers to a subsequent
   action:
   I’m ashamed to tell you how much I spent.
   (= I don’t want to tell you.)
   be ashamed of + gerund or be ashamed of yourself etc. for + gerund.
   The gerund here refers to a previous action:
   I’m ashamed of shouting at you.
   I’m ashamed of myself for shouting at you.
   would be ashamed + infinitive often implies that the subject’s feelings
   prevent him from performing the action:
   I’d be ashamed to borrow money from him. (so I won’t borrow)
   
   
   
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