spend的主语通常是人,往往用于以下句型:
1. (sb) spend some money/some time on sth。
2. (sb)spend some money/some time(in)doing sth。
例如:
I spent fifty yuan on the coat。
= I spent fifty yuan (in) buying the coat. 我花50元买了这件大衣。
He spent three days on the work.
= He spend three days (in) doing the work. 我干这项工作用了3天。
3.spend money for sth. 花钱买。
例如:His money was spent for books. 他的钱用来买书了。
take常用于占用、花费时间,后面常跟双宾语,其主语通常为形式主语it或物。句式是:
1. It takes/took sb.some time to do sth
例如:It will take me two days to do the work. 这项工作花了2天时间。
2. Doing sth./Sth.takes sb.some time.
例如: The work will take me two days。这项工作花了2天时间。
Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。
It took me three years to draw the beautiful horses。
=Drawing the beautiful horses took me three years。
画这些漂亮的马花费了我3年时间。
pay为付款、赔偿之意,主语通常是人,句型
1. sb. pays some money for sth
例如: I paid fifty yuan for the coat。我花50元买了这件大衣。
2. pay (sb。) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买。
例如:I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month. 我每个月要付20英磅的房租。
3. pay money back 还钱。
例如:May I borrow 12 yuan from you? Ill pay it back next week. 你能借给我12块钱吗?下周还你。
4. pay off ones money 还清钱。
cost的主语是物或某种活动, 还可以表示值。句型
1. sth. costs (sb。) +money, 某物花了(某人)多少钱。
例如:A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。
2. (doing) sth. costs (sb。) +time, 某物(做某事)花了(某人)多少时间。
例如:Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。
注意:cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且不能用于被动句。
北京市海淀区中考试题
Im interested in animals, so I _____________ every Saturday working in an animal hospital。
A. pay B. get C. take D. spend
【解析】答案:D。该题考查的是pay, get, take和spend这四个动词的用法区别。只有动词spend可以用在sb. spends time doing sth. 这个句型里,所以正确答案应是spend。
This science book ____ me a great amount of money。
A. took B. cost C. used D. spent
答案:B
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