Special Verbsspend, take, and costChen Shiang Jiun10/11/19

Spend spend : S ()+spend + on +

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1. She spends three hours (in) watching TV.

2. She spends a lot of money on comic books.

take

: S ()+take+()++to V = It takes+()++ to V ()Take

1. The homework took me a whole day to finish.

2. It took me an hour to walk there.

Cost cost

: S ()+cost+()+to V. () = It cost(s)+()++to V ()

1. This gold watch cost fifty thousand dollars.

2. This bike cost me two thousand dollars.

Exercise ()The house ( costs , spends, takes ) a lot of money.1. It ( cost, spent, took ) him much money to take a trip.2. I ( cost, spent, took ) thirty dollars buying a pen.

3. She usually ( costs, spends, takes ) seventy minutes practicing yoga every day.4. Finding a parking space in the city usually ( costs, spends, takes ) a lot of time.5. Jim: How much does the car ( cost, spend, take )? Frank: About 600,000 dollars.

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Question 1How long does it ____ S to marry X? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : 49 days BACK(A)

Question 2How much does it ____ Jay to buy a Bat car? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : NT$65 million dollarsBACK(c)

Question 3How long does Jolin ____ practicing ? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : 3 days BACK(B)

Question 4How much does it ____ to make a movie named ? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : $ 30 million BACK(C)

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Question 1How many people in the world ______ their time on Facebook? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : 500 million BACK(B)

Question 2How long does it ____ people in the world to daydream? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost :12 hoursBACK(A)

Question 3How much does it ____ to buy the most expensive painting in the world? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : $141,600,000 BACK(C)

Question 4How long does it ____ people in Kaohsiung to wait for the traffic light? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost :220 seconds BACK(A)

Category:HumanityArtNationAnimalBACK

Question 1How much does it ____ to pay a novelist who gets the first prize of Goncourt in France? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : $ 6 BACK(C)

Question 2How long did da Vinci _____ drawing Mona Lisas mouth? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : 12 years

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Question 3How long does it ____ to sing the national anthem of Kuwait? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : 14 seconds BACK(C)

Question 4How long can snails _____ living without food? (A) take (B) spend (C) cost : 3 years BACK(B)

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