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Luyện ngữ pháp English Grammar in Use (Unit 63: Expressions -ing)


A

When these expressions are followed by a verb, the verb ends in -ing:

It's no use / It's no good ...
  • There's nothing you can do about the situation, so it's no use worrying about it.
  • It's no good trying to persuade me. You won't succeed.

There's no point in ...
  • There's no point in having a car if you never use it .
  • There was no point in waiting any longer, so we left.

But we usually say 'the point of doing something':
  • What's the point of having a car if you never use it?
B It's (not) worth ...
  • I live only a short walk from here I so it's not worth taking a taxi.
  • Our flight was very early in the morning, so it wasn't worth going to bed.

You can say that a film is worth seeing, a book is worth reading etc. :
  • What was the film like? Was it worth seeing?
  • Thieves broke into the house, but didn't take anything. There was nothing worth stealing.
C

Have trouble -inghave difficulty -ing etc.

Have trouble difficulty a problem  doing something:
  • I had no trouble finding a place to stay. (not trouble to find)
  • Did you have any difficulty getting a visa?
  • People sometimes have problems reading my writing.
D

Spend time / waste time / be busy

spend/waste (time) doing something:
  • He spent hours trying to repair the clock.
  • waste a lot of time doing nothing.

(be) busy doing something:
  • She said she couldn't see me. She was too busy doing other things.
E

Go swimming / go fishing etc.

We use go -ing for a number of activities (especially sports).
For example, you can say:

go sailing          go camping          go riding          go swimming          go surfing          go hiking

go fishing        go scuba diving       go sightseeing        go skiing        go jogging          go shopping


  • How often do you go swimming?
  • I'd like to go skiing.
  • When was the last time you went shopping?
  • I've never been sailing. (For gone and been, see Unit 70.)


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