Fundamentals Of English Grammar

EXERCISE 26. Uslng HOW FAR. (Chart 5-12)

Directions Create questions.

1. A: How Gav is it to f K team how New orleaw?
   B: 919 miles. (It's 919 miles to Chicago from New Orleans.)


2. A:
   B: 257 kilometers. (It's 257 kilometers from Montreal to Quebec.)


3. A:
   B: Six blocks. (It's six blocks to the post office.)


4. A: I had a terrible day yesterday.
   B: Whathappened?
   A: I ran out of gas while I was driving to work.
   B : before you ran out of gas?
   A: To the junction of 1-90 and 480. (I got to the junction of 1-90 and 480.) Luckily,
   there was a gas station about half a mile down the road.

EXERCISE 27. Uslng HOW FAR. (Chart 5-1 2)

Directions: Bring road maps of your geographical area to class. In small groups, look at a

map of your area and ask each other questions with how far.

1 5-13 LENGTH OFTIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG

IT + TAKB + (SOMEONE) + LENGTH + -

OF TIME

(a) It takes 20 minutes to cook rice.

(b) It took Al two hours to driwe to work.

(c) How long does it take to cook rice? -20 minutes.

(d) How long did it take Al to drive to work today? -7ko hours.

(e) How long did you study last night? -Four hours.

(f) How long will you be in Hong Kong? -Ten days.

(g) How many days will you be in Hong Kong?

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It + is often used wit' ' e

words and an infinitive to express

length of the, as in (a) and (b).

An infinitive = to + the simpleform of

a wet+.*

In (a): to cook is an infinitive.

How long asks about length of

time.

Other ways of asking how long:

minures

hours

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