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Unit 63 · -ing and to …

there's no point in -ing, it's worth -ing etc.

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A

We say:

there’s no point in
it’s no use
it’s no good
doing something
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There’s no point in having a car if you never use it.

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There was no point in waiting any longer, so we left.

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It’s no use worrying about what happened. There’s nothing you can do about it.

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It’s no good trying to persuade me. You won’t succeed.

We say ‘no point in …’ but ‘the point of …’ :

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There’s no point in having a car.

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What’s the point of having a car if you never use it?

B

We say:

it’s worth
it’s not worth
doing something
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It’s a nice town. It’s worth spending a few days there.

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Our flight was very early in the morning, so it wasn’t worth going to bed.

You can say that something is worth it or not worth it:

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You should spend a couple of days here. It’s worth it.

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We didn’t go to bed. It wasn’t worth it.

You can also say that something is worth doing, a movie is worth seeing etc. :

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It’s a great movie. It’s worth seeing.

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Thieves broke into the house, but didn’t take anything. There was nothing worth stealing.

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It’s an interesting idea. It’s worth thinking about.

C

We say:

have
trouble
difficulty
a problem
doing something
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I had no trouble finding a place to stay. (not trouble to find)

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Did you have a problem getting a visa?

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People sometimes have difficulty reading my writing.

D

We say:

spend
waste
(time)
doing something
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He spent hours trying to repair the clock.

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I waste a lot of time doing nothing.

We also say ‘(be) busy doing something’:

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She said she couldn’t meet me. She was too busy doing other things.

E

We use go -ing for sports and other activities. For example:

go sailing go swimming go fishing go riding go hiking
go surfing go scuba diving go skiing go jogging go camping
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How often do you go swimming?

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We went skiing last year.

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Tom isn’t here. He’s gone shopping.

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I’ve never been sailing.

➜ Additional exercises 27–28 (pages 318–19)

Exercises (5)

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63.1

Which goes with which?

  1. 1It’s a nice town.
  2. 2It’s an interesting idea.
  3. 3It’s no use standing here talking.
  4. 4It’s not important.
  5. 5There’s no point in looking for him.
  6. 6It’s no good apologising to me.
  7. 7It’s not worth arguing with him.
  8. 8The hotel is a short walk from here.
  1. aI don’t believe you’re sorry.
  2. bWe’ll never find him.
  3. cIt’s not worth getting a taxi.
  4. dWe have to do something.
  5. eHe won’t change his opinion.
  6. fIt’s worth spending a few days here.
  7. gIt’s not worth worrying about.
  8. hIt’s worth considering.
63.2

Write sentences beginning There’s no point … .

  1. 1
    Why have a car if you never use it?
    There’s no point in having a car if you never use it. example
  2. 2
    Why work if you don’t need money?
  3. 3
    Don’t try to study if you feel tired.
  4. 4
    Why hurry if you have plenty of time?
63.3

Complete the sentences.

  1. 1
    I managed to get a visa, but it was difficult.
    I had a problem .example
  2. 2
    I find it hard to remember people’s names.
    I have a problem .
  3. 3
    Lucy found a job easily. It wasn’t a problem.
    She had no trouble .
  4. 4
    It will be easy to get a ticket for the game.
    You won’t have any problems .
  5. 5
    It was easy for us to understand one another.
    We had no difficulty .
63.4

Complete the sentences. Use only one word each time.

  1. 1
    I waste a lot of time nothing.example
  2. 2
    How much time do you spend to and from work every day?
  3. 3
    Karen is going on holiday tomorrow, so she’s busy her things ready.
  4. 4
    I waste too much time TV.
  5. 5
    There was a beautiful view from the hill. It was worth to the top.
  6. 6
    We need to stay calm. There’s no point in angry.
  7. 7
    Amy is learning to play the guitar. She spends a lot of time .
  8. 8
    Gary is enjoying his new job. He’s busy on a new project.
  9. 9
    I decided it wasn’t worth for the job. I had no chance of getting it.
  10. 10
    It’s no good to escape. You won’t be able to get out of here.
63.5

Complete these sentences. Choose from the following and put the verb in the correct form.

go ridinggo sailinggo shoppinggo skiinggo swimming
  1. 1
    Ben lives by the sea and he’s got a boat, so he often .example
  2. 2
    It was a very hot day, so we in the lake.
  3. 3
    There’s plenty of snow in the mountains, so we’ll be able to .
  4. 4
    Helen has two horses. She regularly.
  5. 5
    Dan isn’t here. He . There were a few things he needed to buy.