四个表示花费词汇的分析

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 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。

  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,所以正确答案应是spend。

  This science book ____ me a great amount of money。

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

  答案:B