有些同学常常把spend,cost,pay,take这些表示“花”的动词混淆,它们有什么不同呢?
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? I'll pay it back next week. 你能借给我12块钱吗?下周还你。
4. pay off one's 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。
2004年北京市海淀区中考试题 I'm 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,所以正确答案影视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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