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We use both cost and spend to talk about using money & time. However, the way we use these words is different. For today’s English lesson let’s have a look at how we can use cost and spend in everyday English conversation.
Here are the example sentences:
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Using cost:
- At the beach, a hot dog costs around five dollars.
- An iPad costs less in New York than it does in Tokyo.
- I usually compare the cost of something in different stores before I buy it.
- That restaurant is really nice, but the cost is high.
- I missed my flight, so it cost me a whole day.
- The traffic jam cost me an extra half an hour this morning.
That meeting cost me three hours. Now I need to work overtime.
Using cost:
- Bob spent a lot of money on that watch.
I spend three hundred dollars a month on groceries.
- I can easily spend the whole day at the beach.
I spent an hour in traffic this morning.
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Comments 4
Very Good. I just need to know about one think . When I use HAVE GOT and when I use HAVE … Cause we have the following sentence : I've got eyes…. for exemple and we have : I have something … I have eyes ( Can I say that ?)
Hi Damaris…that's a great question. In American English we use both:
I've got a dog & I have a dog
A key point to note is that we do not generally say the un-contracted form, for example:
I have got a dog. ← This sentence sounds like British English to my ears.
Thanks for the question! I hope that helps 🙂
Michael DiGiacomo In fact , help me a lot . Thank you very much *-*
Damaris Cooper I'm glad to hear that 🙂