Cost means require a particular amount of money to buy or do something.
The idea
Put the item or activity first: the ticket costs ten dollars. Ask How much does it cost? The past is cost: the book cost five dollars yesterday.
Examples
- The ticket costs ten dollars.
- How much does the train ticket cost?
- These apples cost three dollars.
- The book cost five dollars yesterday.
- The trip will cost more in July.
- The table cost us twenty dollars.
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Watch out
The thing costs money; a person pays or spends money. After does, use the base form cost, not costs.
Try it yourself
Choose the verb describing the ticket’s price. The ticket ___ ten dollars. (costs / pays)
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costs
Costs agrees with singular the ticket in the present.
Choose the base form after does. How much does the ticket ___? (cost / costs)
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cost
After does, use the base form cost.
Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday the book ___ five dollars. (cost / costed)
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cost
The irregular past form is also cost.
Practice round
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Choose the verb describing the ticket’s price. The ticket ___ ten dollars. (costs / pays)
Choose the base form after does. How much does the ticket ___? (cost / costs)
Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday the book ___ five dollars. (cost / costed)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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