It takes …・spend … V-ing

花費時間和金錢：take、spend、cost

take, spend, cost — English grammar, senior high

接續

說明

三種說「花」的句型主詞不同：It takes me an hour to get to work.（我通勤要一小時。）I spend an hour commuting every day. This bag cost me 2,000 dollars.（這個包包花了我兩千元。）

Three ways to say “spend”, each with a different subject: It takes me an hour to get to work. I spend an hour commuting every day. This bag cost me 2,000 dollars.

注意事項

• spend 後面接 V-ing 或 on ＋ 名詞，不接 to V。
  spend takes -ing or on + noun, never to + verb.

常見錯誤

• ✗ I spent two hours to finish the puzzle.
  ✓ I spent two hours finishing the puzzle.
  spend 時間 ＋ V-ing。
  spend time + -ing.
• ✗ It took me to clean the house three hours.
  ✓ It took me three hours to clean the house.
  順序是 It takes ＋ 人 ＋ 時間 ＋ to V。
  Order: It takes + person + time + to verb.

例句

練習

在 Hanabiの小天地 聽例句的錄音、做 3 題練習，答對 2/3 就算學會，進度會記下來。