"Worth" + Gerund and "Worth Noting That" in Technical English
5 exercises — practise softening suggestions with "it's worth" + gerund and "worth noting that".
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Which sentence correctly uses "it's worth" followed by a gerund to soften a suggestion in a code review?
"It's worth double-checking this query for an N+1 problem before merging" is correct: "worth" is followed by the gerund form, a fixed pattern for softened suggestions. Option B incorrectly uses the to-infinitive after "worth". Option C uses the bare verb form. Option D incorrectly adds "-ed" to "worth", which isn't a verb here.
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Choose the sentence that correctly uses "it's worth noting that" to introduce a full clause flagging an observation.
"It's worth noting that this endpoint is deprecated but still receives traffic" is correct: "worth noting that" is the standard gerund + "that"-clause pattern for flagging an observation. Option B awkwardly appends a meaningless "of that". Option C incorrectly uses the to-infinitive "to note". Option D wrongly uses the past participle "noted" instead of the gerund.
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Select the sentence that correctly uses "worth" + gerund inside a longer sentence, not just at the start.
"...it might be worth writing a regression test first" is correct: "be worth" + gerund keeps the same pattern even when modified by "might". Option B incorrectly adds "to" before the verb. Option C uses a finite verb form instead of the gerund. Option D omits the required "be" before "worth".
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Which sentence correctly uses "worth mentioning" as a synonym for "worth noting" in documentation, followed by "that"?
"It's also worth mentioning that this feature flag defaults to off in staging" is correct: "worth mentioning that" follows the same gerund + "that"-clause pattern. Option B uses the bare noun/verb "mention" instead of the gerund. Option C misplaces "that" at the end. Option D incorrectly substitutes the adjective "worthy" for "worth" — they are not interchangeable in this construction.
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Choose the sentence that correctly uses a negative form, "not worth" + gerund, to advise against an action in a technical discussion.
"It's probably not worth optimizing this path further; the bottleneck is elsewhere" is correct: negating "worth" with "not" still requires the gerund form afterward. Option B incorrectly adds the to-infinitive. Option C wrongly treats "worth" as a verb needing "-ing". Option D uses the bare verb form instead of the gerund.