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spend, take, cost,charge 和 pay 的用法区别

◆ spend 的主语必须是人，常用于以下结构：

（1）spend time / money on sth. 在……上花费时间（金钱）

例如：I spent two hours on this maths problems. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。

（2）spend time / money (in) doing sth. 花费时间（金钱）做某事

例如：They spent two years (in) building the bridge. 他们花了两年修建这座大桥。

◆ cost 的主语是物或某种活动，还可以表示“值”，常见用法如下：

（1）sth. costs (sb.) + 金钱 某物花了（某人）多少钱

例如：A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑需要花一大笔钱。

（2）(doing) sth. costs (sb.) + 时间 某物（做某事）花了（某人）多少时间

注意：cost 的过去式及过去分词都是cost，并且不能用于被动句。

例如：Remembering these words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大笔时间才记住这些单词。

◆ take后面常跟双宾语，常见用法有一下几种：

（1）It takes/ took sb. +时间+ to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间

例如：It took him three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修建完这条路。

（2）doing sth. takes sb. + 时间 做某事花了某人多少时间

例如：Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 修理这部车花了他一个下午的时间。

◆ pay 的基本用法是：

（1）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英镑的房租。

（2）pay for sth. 付……的钱

例如：I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔丢失的书款。

（3）pay for sb. 替某人付钱

例如：Don’t worry ! I’ll pay for you. 别担心，我会给你付钱的。

（4）pay sb. 付钱给某人

例如：They pay us every month. 他们每月给我们报酬。

（5）pay money back 还钱

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例如：May I borrow 12 yuan from you ? 你能借给我12块钱吗？

（6）pay off one’s money 还清钱

◆ charge (v.) 收费，索价， 对…索费

sb. charges (sb.) money for sth. 某人因某事（向某人）索要钱

综合练习

1. I have to __________ them 20 pounds for this room each month.

A. pay B. paid C. cost D. took

2. They spend too much time ____________ the report.

A. writing B. to write C. on writing D. write

3. --- What beautiful shoes you’re wearing ! They must be expensive.

--- No, they only _________ 10 yuan.

A. spent B. took C. paid D. cost

4. --- Will you please ____________ for my dinner, Peter?

--- Sure!

A. spend B. pay C. cost D. take

5. It will __________ me too much time to read this book.

A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay

6. This science book _______ me a great amount of money.

A. took B. cost C. used D. spent

7. May I borrow 12 yuan from you ? I’ll _________ back next week.

A. take B. cost C. pay D. spend

8. I _________ two hours on this maths problem yesterday.

A. take B. cost C. pay D. spent

9. Repairing this car ___________ him the whole afternoon.

A. took B. cost C. pay D. spent

10. --- How do you come to school ?

--- By bike. Taking a bus may _________ much money. And walking ________ too much time.

A. take; pays B. cost; takes C. pay; costs D. pay; takes

11. She usually ________ much time shopping in the supermarkets.

A. spends B. costs C. takes D. pays

12. American students spend __________ time _________ homework than Chinese students.

A. fewer, doing B. less; to do C. less; doing D. least; doing

13. This kind of computer _________ too much. I can’t afford one.

A. takes B. spends C. pays D. costs

14. I’m interested in animals, so I ________ every Saturday working in an animal hospital.

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A. pay B. cost C. take D. spend

15. It usually _______ Mum half an hour to cook supper.

A. take B. spent C. took D. used

16. Mother usually spends half an hour ___________ her e-mails.

A. answering B. answer C. to answer D. answered

17. Yesterday I spent the whole morning _____________ the piano.

A. practice B. to practice C. on practicing D. practicing

18. The book is not for free. You should _____________ for it.

A. take B. spend C. cost D. pay

19. The mobile phone __________ me 2000yuan.

A. paid B. cost C. spent D. took

20. It __________ us a long time to learn English well.

A. takes B. will take C. spends D. will spend

long do you usually ________ doing your homework every day ?

A. spend B. take C. need D. cost

22. It ___________ Lucy half an hour __________ for her lost wallet.

A. spent; looking B. took; to look C. spent; to look D. took; looking

23.--- You look smart in your new dress. How much is it ?

--- Thanks. It _________ 500 yuan.

A. spent B. took C. paid D. cost

24. It usually _________ Mr. Wang two hours to finish checking his students’ exercise.

A. spent B. paid C. took D. bought

25. The school will spend 30 million yuan ___________ a new library.

A. building B. to build C. on building D. in build

26. Every day I spend two hours ____________ my homework.

A. finishing to do B. finishing doing C. to finish to do D. to finish doing

27. --- How do you spend your pocket money ?

--- I spend some of them _________ books and CDs.

A. in B. to buy C. on D. for

28. It _________ us two hours __________ our homework yesterday.

A. took; finish B. took; finishing C. took; to finish D. cost; to finish

29. How much does the ticket _________ from Guangzhou to Beijing ?

A. cost B. take C. spend D. pay

30. It’s unnecessary for us to ___________ so much money for these useless books.

A. cost B. pay C. take D. spend

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31. Peter spends more than two hours ________ games every day.

A. played B. plays C. to play D. playing

32. How much time did you spend ____________ the text ?

A. on copying B. to copy C. for copying D. copying

33. They spent a whole day ____________ the birthday party for their son.

A. prepare B. to prepare C. preparing D. prepares

34. --- You are late, Ben.

--- I am sorry. There were so many cars in the street that it _____________ me about half an hour ______ it.

A. spent; getting through B. took; getting through

C. spent; to get through D. took; to get through

35. --- Do you often get online ?

--- Yes. I _____________ lots of time on it.

A. cost B. spend C. take D. pay

36. Mr Wang made a _______ at the dinner party.

A. say B. speak C. speech D. talked

37. It __________ me two hours to get there by bus.

A. spent B. took C. used D. paid

38. I _________ half an hour on my homework yesterday.

A. took B. spend C. used D. spent

39. --- How much did the guy ___________ you to fix your 3G mobile phone ?

--- I don’t remember, but it was quite a lot.

A. cost B. spend C. charge D. take

40. The watch was very good, and he _________ 20 percent down for it.

A. paid B. cost C. bought D. spent

41. Jenny works hard as usual and it has___．She got the first in the final exam again ．

A．showed off B．paid off C．paid back D．turned up

句型转换。

1. The mango cost me 5 yuan.

= I ________ 5 yuan _______ the mango.

= I ________ 5 yuan ________ the mango.

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2. He spends 5 dollars on his breakfast every day.

He spends 5 dollars _______ ________ his breakfast every day.

He ________ 5 dollars _________ his breakfast every day.

The breakfast ________ him 5 dollars every day.

3. 他花了两小时看了这部电影。

He ______ two hours ________ this film.

It _________ her two hours _________ _________ this film.

4. 这支笔多少钱？

_________ __________ is the pen ?

_________ _______ does the pen ________?

_______ is the __________ of the pen ?

5.这所房子花了我一大笔钱。

6. 你每天花多少时间上网？

7.

昨天他们用了大约三个半小时完成了那项工作。

8. 我们周末再图书馆看书。

We spent the weekend __________ ___________ in the library.

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