OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-71 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 71 AFRAID TO DO OR AFRAID OF DOING A Afraid David is afraid to climb the ladder. He doesn t want to climb the ladder because he is afraid. Here are some more examples. I was afraid to say anything in front of all those people. Claire was afraid to wander too far from the hotel. B Anxious ashamed and interested Compare these examples. Zedco are anxious to increase their sales. They want to increase their sales. I m ashamed to tell you what I scored in the test. I don t want to tell you because I m ashamed. I d be interested to meet Laura. I want to meet her. was interested to hear Mike s story. I found his story interesting. C Structures with sorry To apologize for something we are doing we use a to-infinitive. I m sorry to tell you this but your test score is rather low. I m sorry to ring so late but it s important. To express regret we also use a to-infinitive. was sorry to hear that Mike s uncle had died. David is afraid of falling. He is afraid because he might fall. was afraid of sounding foolish you see. She was afraid of getting lost. Mark was anxious about presenting his report. He was worried because he had to present his report. I m ashamed of getting such a low score. I m ashamed because I got such a low score. Laura is interested in painting. It is an interest a hobby of hers. To apologize for something we did we can use about ing-form. I m sorry about making all that noise last night. OR I m sorry I made all that noise last night. 71 EXERCISES 1 Afraid A Complete the sentences. Use these words and put the verb into the to-infinitive or ing-form dive into the water drop them fall move He s afraid to dive into the water. 2 She s afraid. 1 She s afraid. 3 He s afraid 2 Afraid A Look at what people say and write a comment about each person. Rewrite the second sentence using afraid to or afraid .
