SPEND vs WASTE

Spend and Waste

No usamos correctamente estos dos verbos muchas veces. Spend tiene un sentido positivo mientras que Spend tiene una connotación más bien negativa.

Ambos significan gastar el tiempo, pero Waste tiene una connotación negativa.

To Spend:Tiene una connotación positiva ya que el tiempo es "usado" no "desperdiciado" en este caso.

To Waste: se refiere al mal uso del tiempo ya sea por pocos resultados o ningún resultado.
También puede referirse a que no es usado razonablemente.

You spend money or time on something.
You waste money or time on something. Waste means to spend badly.

Tú gastas (spend) dinero o tiempo en algo.
Tú malgastas (waste) dinero o tiempo en algo. Waste significa malgastar.

·        spend (spent, spent)
He spends his time reading
S    She has spent a lot of money on her wedding dress. (and she thinks that’s money well   spent).

• waste (wasted, wasted)
  He has wasted a lot money on things like that.
  She wastes her time playing silly games.

      You spend a lot of hours watching TV and I think you are wasting your time.

Entonces: To Spend and To Waste se refieren a usar el tiempo o el dinero. Se diferencian en el modo correcto o incorrecto de utilizar ambos.!!!

TO BRING vs TO TAKE

TO BRING vs TO TAKE  (Differences)

Bring: significa traer algo hasta el sitio en el que se está actualmente. 

We ask people to bring things to the place where we are. Bring is used in relation to adestination:

"Bring some food to the party at my house."

"Bring your homework to me"

"Please bring your bag here."

Take: significa llevar algo a un sitio 

We take things to the place we are going to. We take them from the place where we are to another place. Take is used in relation to a starting point.

"I'm going to take some cake to Paul's house for his birthday party."

"Take your dog away from me."

"Please take your bag there."

“I will take a salad to the picnic”

Exercises

1    Could you ……………………me some water, please?

        He often ……………………………his sister to her aunt.

    My husband often ……………………………flowers when he comes home.

    Can you …………………………….the car to the garage on Wednesday?