4个表示花费的单词分别是take spend pay cost.它们都可以表达用了多长时间或花了多少钱。但主语方面有区别。
句型：
1.It take sb.+时间+ to do sth.
It takes me 20 minutes to walk to school.
我去上学要走了20分钟的路子。
2.Sb.+spend +时间/金钱+on sth.
I spend the whole day on the decoration.
我用了一整天装饰房子。
I spend 100 dollars on this dress.
我买这条裙子用了100美元。
Sb.+spend+时间/金钱+（in）doing sth.
The construction workers spent 10 days in mendingthe bridge.
建筑工人花了10天去修补这座桥。
The early part of her life was spent in Paris.
她年轻时生活在巴黎。
[if !supportLists]3. [endif]sb.+pay+金钱+for sth
She pays 5 dollars for the ticket.
她用了5美元去买这张票。
The ticket costs her 5 dollars.
她用了5美元去买这张票。
4.Sth+ cost+ sb+ 金钱.
