pattern · neutral

it's no use + V-ing

Band 6-7speakingtask2

used to say that an action is pointless or will not change the result

Examples

“It's no use blaming others when you made the mistake yourself.”

“It's no use arguing about things you cannot change.”

“I called customer service, but it's no use complaining; they won't refund.”

Band 8 sentence

“Given the legal restrictions, it's no use campaigning for that policy locally; the law prevents any change.”

Collocations

  • it's no use + V-ing (it's no use trying)
  • there's no point in + V-ing

Word family

use (n) nounuseless (adj) adjective

Common mistakes

It's no use to try asking him now.→It's no use trying to ask him now.

It's no use ask him.→It's no use asking him.

Say it for a higher band

5it's useless to + V→6there's no point in + V-ing→7+it's no use + V-ing

Synonyms

there's no point in + V-ing

Easily confused

it's useless to + V

“It's useless to knock on that door; no one is home.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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