國中英語 - 花費動詞

  • 「spend」可以用來表示花費時間和金錢,但一定要是「人」當主詞
  • 1. 句型一:
  • (1) 人+spend+錢/時間+(in) Ving⋯
  • (2) 人+spend+錢/時間+on+N.
  • 2. 句型二:
  • (1) How long+do / does / did+S. spend+Ving/on N.? →(問時間
  • (2) How much+do / does / did+S. spend+Ving/on N.?→(問金錢)
  • 3. 例句:
  • (1) How long do you usually spend going to school?(你通常花多久時間去上學?)
  • (2) I usually spend half an hour / thirty minutes taking a bus to school.(我通常花費半小時搭公車去上學。)
  • 「take」只能用在花時間,且主詞必須是事物。
  • 1. 句型一:It+take+(人)+時間+to+VR⋯
  • 2. 句型二:
  • (1) How long+do / does / did+事物+take+人?
  • (2) How long+does / did+it+take+(人)+to+VR⋯?
  • 3. 例句:她將要花很長時間才能學會游泳。
  • To learn / Leaning to swim will take her a long time.
  • =It will take her a long time to learn to swim.
  • 「cost」只能用在花金錢,且主詞必須是事物。
  • 1. 「cost」不但可用以表示「物」價值多少,也可表「做某事」花了多少錢。
  • 2. 句型一:
  • (1) 事物+cost+(人)+錢.
  • (2) It+cost+(人)+錢+to+VR⋯
  • 3. 句型二:
  • (1) How much+do / does / did+事物+cost…?
  • (2) How much+does / did+it+cost+(人)+to+VR⋯?
  • 4. 例句:
  • (1) How much (money) did the bicycle cost?(這台腳踏車多少錢?)
  • (2) It cost my parents three thousand dollars.(這台腳踏車花了我父母三千元。)
  • 「pay」只能用在花金錢,且主詞必須是人。
  • 1. 句型一:人+pay+錢+for+N. /人+pay+錢+to+VR⋯
  • 2. 句型二:How much+do / does / did+S.+pay+for N.?
  • 3. 例句:
  • (1) How much did you pay for the dinner?(你那頓晚餐花了多少錢?)
  • (2) I paid five hundred dollars for the dinner.(我付了五百元吃這頓晚餐。)
  • 下圖為:花費動詞整理表。

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