Sách Ngữ pháp tiếng anh luyện thi TOEIC – Unit 55: there’s no point in/it’s worth + V-ing – Học Hay

A

there’s no point in it’s no use it’s no good

doing something

 

• There’s no point in having a car if you never use it.
• There was no point in waiting any longer, so we left.
• It’s no use worrying about what happened. There’s nothing you can do about it.
• It’s no good trying to persuade me. You won’t succeed.

- Ta dùng ‘no point in …’ nhưng ‘the point of …’ :

• There’s no point in having a car.
• What’s the point of having a car if you never use it?

B

it’s worth it’s not worth

doing something

 

• It’s a nice town. It’s worth spending a few days there.
• Our flight was very early in the morning, so it wasn’t worth going to bed.
• It’s a great movie. It’s worth seeing.
• Thieves broke into the house, but didn’t take anything. There was nothing worth stealing.

- Ta có thể dùng để nói một điều gì đó xứng đáng hay không: worth it or not worth it

• You should spend a couple of days here. It’s worth it.
• We didn’t go to bed. It wasn’t worth it.

C

have

trouble difficulty a problem

doing something

 

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

D

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 meet me. She was too busy doing other things.

E

Ta thường dùng go -ing cho các môn thể thao hoặc các hoạt động khác:

go sailing/go swimming /go fishing /go riding /go hiking

go surfing/ go scuba diving /go skiing/ go jogging/ go camping

• How often do you go swimming?
• We went skiing last year.
• Tom isn’t here. He’s gone shopping.
• I’ve never been sailing

A Which goes with which?

1 It’s a nice town. 2 It’s an interesting idea. 3 It’s no use standing here talking. 4 It’s not important. 5 There’s no point in looking for him. 6 It’s no good apologising to me. 7 It’s not worth arguing with him. 8 The hotel is a short walk from here.

a I don’t believe you’re sorry. b We’ll never find him. c It’s not worth getting a taxi. d We have to do something. e He won’t change his opinion. f It’s worth spending a few days here. g It’s not worth worrying about. h It’s worth considering.

 

1 f

B Write sentences beginning There’s no point … .

1 Why have a car if you never use it?

There’s no point in having a car if you never use it.

2 Why work if you don’t need money?

3 Don’t try to study if you feel tired.

4 Why hurry if you have plenty of time?

C Complete the sentences.

1 I managed to get a visa, but it was difficult.

I had a problem getting a visa .

2 I find it hard to remember people’s names.

I have a problem ………………………….

3 Lucy found a job easily. It wasn’t a problem.

She had no trouble………………… .

4 It will be easy to get a ticket for the game.

You won’t have any problems………………… .

5 It was easy for us to understand one another.

We had no difficulty………………… .

D Complete the sentences. Use only one word each time.

1 I waste a lot of time doing nothing.

2 How much time do you spend …………………to and from work every day?

3 Karen is going on holiday tomorrow, so she’s busy …………………her things ready.

4 I waste too much time………………… TV.

5 There was a beautiful view from the hill. It was worth………………… to the top.

6 We need to stay calm. There’s no point in………………… angry.

7 Amy is learning to play the guitar. She spends a lot of time………………… .

8 Gary is enjoying his new job. He’s busy………………… on a new project.

9 I decided it wasn’t worth………………… for the job. I had no chance of getting it.

10 It’s no good………………… to escape. You won’t be able to get out of here.

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

go riding               go sailing              go shopping       go skiing               go swimming

 

1 Ben lives by the sea and he’s got a boat, so he often goes sailing .

2 It was a very hot day, so we………………… in the lake.

3 There’s plenty of snow in the mountains, so we’ll be able to………………… .

4 Helen has two horses. She………………… regularly.

5 Dan isn’t here. He………………… . There were a few things he needed to buy.

A

1f

2 h

3 d

4 g

5 b

6 a

7 e

8 c

B

2 There’s no point in working if you don’t need money.

3 There’s no point in trying to study if you feel tired. or There’s no point in studying if …

4 There’s no point in hurrying if you have plenty of time.

C

2 remembering people’s names

3 finding a job / getting a job

4 getting a ticket for the game

5 understanding one another

D

2 going / travelling / getting

3 getting

4 watching

5 going / climbing / walking

6 getting / being

7 practising

8 working

9 applying

10 trying

E

2 went swimming

3 go skiing

4 goes riding

5 ’s/has gone shopping or went shopping

 

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