‘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? It’s (not) worth | ive only a short walk from here, so it's not worth taking a tax (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. Have trouble -ing, have difficulty -ing etc. Have trouble / difficulty /a problem doing something: | 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, Spend time / waste time / be busy spend/waste (time) doing something: He spent hours trying to repair the clock I 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. Go swimming / go fishing etc. ‘We use go -ing for a number of activities (especially sports) For example, you can say: & @@e F g0 sailing goswimming _gorfishing go skiing gocamping go surfing goscubadiving —_gojogging go riding go hiking go sights g0 shopping How often do you go swimming? I'd lke to go skiing, When was the last time you went shopping? I've never been sailing. (For gone and been, see Unit 7D)Us Exercises re) Make sentences beginning There's no point. 1) Why have acarif you never use it? There's ro point in having a car if you never use it. 2 Why workifyou don't need money? 3 Don't try to study if you feel tired, 4. Why hurry if you've got plenty of time? ht. © complete the sentences on ther ‘Shall we get a taxi home? you need help, why don’t you ‘ask David? | don't really want to go out tonight. Shall | phone Lise now? ‘Are you going to complain about what happened? Do you want to keep these old No, it isn’t far, It’s not worth It’s no use won't be able to do anything, Well, stay at home! There's no point. if you don't want to. getting a taxi. No, it's no good now. She won't be at home. No, it's not worth Nobody will do anything about it No, let's throw them away. They're not worth clothes? © complete the sentences. 1 managed to get a visa, but it was diet ined aificutty geting a view 2 find it hard to remember people's names. (haves problem 3 Lucy managed to get ajob. It wasn't problem, Shehiad state 4 tewon'tbe dificult o get ticket for the gare. You won't have ay problem 5 Doyou find it fet to understand him? Do youhaveaifculty ; GB compete the sentences. Use only one word each time, 1 Iwaste alot of time _deing nothing. 2 Every morning | spend about an hour the newspaper. 3 ‘Whats Karen dang?” “Shes going avay tomorrow so she's busy 4 thinkyou waste too much time ™ 5 There's a beautiful view from that hill. It's worth to the top. 6 c Just stay calm. There's no point in angry. © complete these sentences with the following (wth the verb in the correct form): ‘geenling- __goshopping 1 Ben lives by the sea and he's got a boat, so he often... goes. sailing 2 twas avery hot day so we inthe lake 3 There's plenty of snow in the mountains, so we'll be able to 4 Helen has got two horses. She 5 ‘Where's Dan?” ‘He's go skiing regularly There were a few things he needed to buy.’ + Additional exercises 27-28 (pages 318-19) 127GE “the ver into the correct form 1 How old were you when you learnt to drive. ? (drive) 2 Idon't mind walking home, but I'drather get ataxl. (walk, get) 3 I can’tmake adecision. | keep mymind. (change) 4 He had made his decision and refused his mind. (change) 5 Why did you change your decision? What made you your mind? (change) 6 [twas really good holiday. | really enjoyed by the sea again. (be) 7 Did | realy tell you | was unhappy? | don't remember that. (say) 8 ‘Remember Tom tomorrow! ‘OK. Iwon't forget.’ (call) 9 The water here is not very good, I'd avoid Itifi were you. (drink) 10 | pretended interested in the conversation, but realy it was very boring. (be) 11 | got up and looked out of the window what the weather was like, (see) 12 | have a friend who claims able to speak five languages. (be) 13 lke carefully about things before a decision. (think, make) 14 | had a flat in the centre of town but I didn’t like there, so I decided (live, move) 15 Steve used a footballer. He had to stop because of an injury. (be, play) 16 After by the police, the man admitted the car, but denied at 100 miles an hour. (stop, steal, crive) 17: How do you make this machine > (work) 3: 'mnot sure. Try that button and see what happens. (press) GP He sentences from the words in brackets, 1 | can't find the tickets. (| /seem / lose / them) | seem to have. lost them, 2 don't have far to go. (it / not / worth / take / a taxi) It's not worth taking a taxi 3 I'mfeeling a bit tired. (I/ not / fancy / go / out) 4 Timisn’t very reliable, (he / tend / forget / things) 5 I've gota lot of luggage. (you / mind / help / me?) 6 There's nobody at home. (everybody / seem / go out) 7 Wedon't like our apartment. (we / think / move) 8 The vase was very valuable. (I afraid / touch /it) 9 Ben never carries a lot of money with him. (he / afraid / robbed) 10 | wouldn't go to see the film. (it / not / worth / see)11 I'm very tired after that long walk. (I/ not / used / welk / so far) 12 Sue is on holiday. | received a postcard from her yesterday. (she / seem / enjoy / herself) 13. Dan had lots of photographs he'd taken while on holiday. (he / insist / show / them to me) 14 I don’t want to do the shopping. (I'd rather / somebody else / do / it) © complete the second sentence so that the meaning is similar to the first. 1 | was surprised I passed the exam I didn’t expect £0 pass the exam 2 Did you manage to solve the problem? Did you succeed in solving the. problem 3 I don't read newspapers any more I've given up 4 I'd prefer not to go out tonight. I'd rather 5 He finds it difficult to sleep at night. He has trouble 6 Shall | phone you this evening? Do you want 7 Nobody saw me come in | came in without 8 They said Iwas a cheat. | was accused 9 It will be good to see them again. Fm looking forward 10. What do you think | should do? What do you advise me 11 It's pity | couldn't go out with you last night. Vd tke 12 I wish I'd taken your advice. I regret