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28 wrz 2021 · Worksheets. Take-Spend time. 3FEnglish09. Member for. 3 years 2 months. Age: 11-16. Level: 7th. Language: English (en) ID: 1453511. 28/09/2021. Country code: VN. Country: Vietnam. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Take-Spend time (1547084) From worksheet author: Take-Spend time. Other contents:
Basically, you don't need "on" and "doing" - use one or the other. You can spend time on something, you can also spend time doing something. "Spend time on" is an idiomatic way of referring to the usage of time. "Doing" is just one of many verbs that you could use instead.
17 sty 2008 · I was taught in high school that I should use "spend" with " in doing sth". Almost every teacher agrees this usage. I spend a lot of time in cooking everyday. But I can only find "spend... on sth/ (on) doing sth" in my dictionary. Somebody even told me that: spend money on doing sth.
Short worksheet to explain the difference between staying (at a hotel, for example), being somewhere and spending time doing something.
28 lip 2020 · Can I use "spend something to do something"? For example, are the following sentences correct, and are there any differences in meaning? I spend my free time reading books.
2 lip 2011 · Every morning I spend about an hour reading the newspaper. – ‘Spend (time)’ is a verb expressing duration, so use the ‘-ing’ form. This morning I took the time to read the newspaper. – ‘Take (the time)’ is a verb of decision here, and ‘to’ means ‘in order to’ (purpose).
Explanation of the English phrase "spend (time) (doing something)": To "spend time ___ing" means to use your time to do it. You use the word "spend" with time because we think of time as being very valuable, just like money.
