Unit 63. Expressions + -ing
Unit 63; Part A

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 went.
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
• I live only a short walk from here, 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.
Unit 63; Part B

We say 'have difficulty doing something' (not to do):
• I had no difficulty finding a place to live. (not difficulty to find)
• Did you have any difficulty getting a visa?
• People often have difficulty reading my writing.
You can also say 'have trouble doing something':
• I had no trouble finding a place to live.
Unit 63; Part C

a waste of money / a waste of time
• It was a waste of time reading that book. It was rubbish.
• It's a waste of money buying things you don't need.
spend/waste (time)
• He spent hours trying to repair the clock.
• I waste a lot of time day-dreaming.
(be) busy
• She said she couldn't see me. She was too busy doing other things.
Unit 63; Part D

We use go -ing for a number of activities (especially sports).For example, you can say:
go swimming go sailing go fishing go climbing go skiing go jogging
Also go shopping, go sightseeing
• How often do you go swimming?
• I'd like to go skiing.
• When did you last go shopping?
• I've never been sailing. (For gone and been, see Unit 7D.)
Exercises
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