IT NEEDS REPLACING. (‘need’ + gerund) – English Grammar Profiler

Although gerunds are covered in a few different ways across a few CEFR levels in the English Grammar Profile, there is no entry given to the use of a gerund after ‘need’ as MODALITY which is listed by PEARSON:

GSE 63 B2

‘need’ with verbs in the gerund to express necessity.
‘need’ + Verb Phrase gerund

An iWeb search for:

NEED _VVG

1 NEED REPLACING 4648 2 NEEDS REPLACING 3393 3 NEEDS UPDATING 1371 4 NEED UPDATING 963

5 NEEDS ADDRESSING 785

6 NEED ADJUSTING 769

7 NEED CHANGING 753 8 NEEDS USING 751 9 NEED REMINDING 743 10 NEED USING 673 11 NEED CLEANING 618 12 NEEDS ADJUSTING 577 13 NEEDED USING 547 14 NEEDED REPLACING 542 15 NEEDS TWEAKING 494 16 NEEDS CHANGING 411 17 NEEDS LOOKING 390 18 NEEDS CLEANING 379 19 NEEDS ACCORDING 377 20 NEED READING 359 21 NEED PROTECTING 355 22 NEEDS SORTING 352 23 NEED TRIMMING 349 24 NEED ADDRESSING 340 25 NEED PLANNING 324 26 NEEDS REPAIRING 319 27 NEED TWEAKING 316 28 NEED WATERING 300 29 NEEDS FIXING 298 30 NEED WORKING 276 31 NEED ACCORDING 273 32 NEED LOOKING 264 33 NEEDS UPGRADING 261 34 NEED EXPLAINING 256 35 NEED GOING 252 36 NEED MOVING 252 37 NEED REMOVING 250 38 NEEDS ARISING 243 39 NEED STAKING 243 40 NEEDS SAYING 238 41 NEED FIXING 235 42 NEEDS CHECKING 216 43 NEED RESCUING 212 44 NEED REPAIRING 210 45 NEEDS RANGING 209 46 NEED UPGRADING 208 47 NEED SORTING 205 48 NEEDS EXPLAINING 205 49 NEEDS REMOVING 198

50 NEEDS CORRECTING 192

B2 vocabulary:

adjusting, correcting, sorting, upgrading, watering