中考英语重要短语的用法及区别：spend, pay, cost, take
(1)Sb. Spend … on sth. 某人花了…(时间、金钱)在某事上。
I spend ten yuan on the book..
(2)spend (in) doing sth. 某人花了…(时间、金钱)做某事。
She spent two hours in drawing the house.
(3)Sb. pay …for …sth. 某人为某物花了…钱。
I paid 50 yuan for the clothes.
(4)Sth. cost sb. … 某物花了某人…钱。
It cost us five dollars.
(5)It takes/took sb. … to do sth. 花了某人…(时间、金钱)做某事。
It takes us ten minutes to brush my teeth every day.