Expressions + — ing

После следующих выражений глагол заканчивается на — ing:

It’s no use / It’s no good…

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

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

There’s no point in…

— There’s no point in buying a car if you don’t want to drive it.

— There was no point in waiting, so we went.

It’s worth…

— My house is only a short walk from here. It’s not worth taking a taxi.

— It was so late when we got home, it wasn’t worth going to bed.

Говорят:`a book is worth reading/a film is worth seeing’ и т. д.

— Do you think this book is worth reading?

— You should go and see the film. It’s really worth seeing.

Difficulty…

— I had difficulty

finding a place to live.

— Did you have any difficulty getting a visa?

— People often have great difficulty reading my writing.

Запомните, говорят `difficulty’ :

— I’m sure you’ll have no difficulty passing the examination.

Также говорят ` difficulty in — ing’:

— He’s shy. He has difficulty in talking to people he doesn’t know well.

A waste of money / time…

— It’s a waste of time reading that book. It’s rubbish.

— It’s a waste of money buying things you don’t need.

Spend / waste…

— I spent hours trying to repair the clock.

— I waste a lot of time day-dreaming.

Go — ing

Для того, чтобы сказать о каком-либо действии используют go — ing: go shopping, go swimming, go skiing, go fishing, go climbing, go sailing, go riding, go sightseeing.

— How often do you go swimming?

— I’m going skiing next year.

— I have to go shopping this morning.

— I’ve never been sailing.


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Expressions + — ing