基本上每个完整的句子都有一个动词，要表示第二个动作时可使用不定词、动名词、对等连接词、从属连接词或增加子句等方法连结。下面小编告诉你英语常用动词的用法，大家一起来看看吧!
英语常用动词的用法:
动词buy的四点小用法
1. 用作动词，表示“买”，可带双宾语;若双宾易位，通常要用介词 for。如:
我叔叔为我买了本英语词典。
正:My uncle bought me an English dictionary.
正:My uncle bought an English dictionary for me.
2. 表示向某人买某物，通常用介词 from。如:
He bought this watch from a friend. 他从一位朋友那儿买了这块手表。
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3. 表示用多少钱买某物，通常用介词 for。如:
I bought the computer for $600. 我花600美元买了这台电脑。
He bought it for very little money. 他买它只花了一点点钱。
注:有时也用介词 at, 侧重指价格。如:
He bought them for [at] 10p each. 他以每个10 便士的价格买下了它们。
4. 是终止性动词，因此在肯定句中不宜与一段时间连用。如:
这房子我已买了十年。
正:I bought this house ten years ago.
正:I have had this house for ten years.
正:It’s ten years since I bought this house.
误:I have bought this house for ten years.
prepare的用法与搭配:
1. 表示“准备”，可用作及物或不及物动词，用作不及物动词时，其后通常接介词 for。如:
We must prepare (for) the party. 我们必须为聚会做准备。
The children are preparing (for) their lessons. 孩子们正在预习功课。
prepare sth 与 prepare for sth 的细微区别是:前者表示“准备……”，相当于 get sth ready, 常暗示所需时间较短;后者表示“为……作准备”，相当于 make preparations for, 常暗示所需时间较长。如:
I’d better go upstairs and prepare her room. 我最好上楼去给她准备房间。
We only heard about the meeting yesterday, so we haven’t started preparing for it yet. 我们只在昨天才听说开会的事，所以到现在还没有开始准备。
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2. 其后可接不定式，表示准备做某事。如:
Have you prepared to go on a trip? 你准备好去旅行了吗?
He prepared to write a novel about the war. 他准备写一本战争小说。
3. 表示“准备”，可接双宾语，双宾语易位时用介词 for。如:
She is preparing us a meal.=She is preparing a meal for us. 她在给我们准备饭菜。
有时用人作宾语，表示使某人做好准备。如:
We’ll prepare the child to face the difficulty. 我们要教孩子准备面对困难。
They’re preparing the children for the examination. 他们在指导孩子准备考试。
4. 用于be prepared，可用于以下结构:
(1) be prepared to do sth:表示“准备做某事”“打算做某事”“愿意做某事”。如:
I’m prepared to accept it. 我准备接受。
How much is she prepared to pay? 他准备付多少钱?
(2) be prepared for sth:表示“准备有某种情况”“防备某情况”。如:
We were not prepared for the heavy rain. 我们没有提防要下这么大一场雨。
(3) be prepared against sth:表示“对某种不好的东西作好准备”。如:
We must be prepared against war. 我们必须备战。
注意以下两句在含义上的差别:
We are prepared to do it. 我们已准备好(或愿意)做此事。
We are preparing to do it. 我们正在准备要做此事。
decide的两个常用搭配:
1. 表示“决定做某事”，其后要接不定式，不能接动名词。如:
They decided to delay the meeting. 他们决定把会议推迟。
She decided to call his office. 她决定给他办公室打电话。
若要接动名词，应先接介词 on(但不如用不定式结构常见)。如:
We decided on leaving. 我们决定离开。
He decided on going abroad. 他决定出国。
另外，decide on之后还可接名词或代词，表示“对……作出决定”或“选定……”。如:
We haven’t decided on a price but we’re open to offers. 价钱未定，欢迎顾主开价。
After seeing all the candidates we’ve decided on this one. 我们见了所有的候选人，决定选这位。
2. 表示“决定不做某事”，可用 decide not to do 或 decide against doing。如:
He decide not to change [against changing] his job. 他决定不换工作。
They have decided not to move [against moving] to London. 他们已决定不搬到伦敦去。
另外，decide against 之后也可接名词或代词。如:
After talking the matter over, they decided against the plan. 经过反复讨论，他们决定不采用该计划。
动词cause用法要点:
要点一:表示“造成”“使(发生)”，注意以下搭配:
①其后可直接用造成的结果或发生的事情作宾语。如:
Smoking can cause lung cancer. 吸烟可导致肺癌。
Careless drivers cause accidents. 司机不小心就出事故。
②后接双宾语。如:
The car caused me a lot of trouble. 这车给我引来了不少麻烦。
I hope this will not cause you any inconvenience. 希望这不会给你造成不便。
③后接不定式的复合结构作宾语。如:
Heating a copper bar will cause it to expand. 对铜棒加热会使它膨胀。
What caused your wife to change her mind? 是什么使你的妻子改变了主意?
若双宾语易位，可用介词 to / for 来引出间接宾语。如:
Her irresponsible behaviour has caused her family a great deal of anxiety.=Her irresponsible behaviour has caused a great deal of anxiety to [for] her family. 她不负责任的行为已引起她的家人的莫大担扰。
要点二:表示“使”“迫使”，通常接不定式的复合结构作宾语，注意不要受动词 make 的影响而用错句型。比较:
是什么使她哭了?
正:What caused her to cry? / What made her cry?
误:What caused her cry [crying]? / What made her to cry?
这个坏消息使她伤心。
正:The bad news caused her to be sad.
正:The bad news made her sad.
误:The bad news caused her sad.