Fundamentals Of English Grammar

EXERCISE 28. Length of time. (Chart 5-13)

Direcrdons: Create sentences using it + take to express length of time.

1. I drove to Madrid. (Length of time: three days)

+ It took me three dayr w driw to Madrid.

2. I walk to class. (Length of time: twenty minutes)


3. Gino finished the test. (Length of time: an hour and a halfl


4. We will drive to the airport. (Length of time:fony-five minutes)


5. Alan hitchhiked to Alaska. (Length ojtime: two weeks)


6. I wash my clothes at the laundromat. (Length of time: two hours)

EXERCISE 29. Length of tlme. (Chart 5-13)
Directions: Use it + take.

1. How long does it take you to...

a. eat breakfast? + It takes me ten minutes w eat breakfast.

b. get to class?

c. write a short paragraph in English?

d. read a 400-page novel?

2. Generally speaking, how long does it take to...
   a. fly &om (name of a city) to (name of a cicy)?
   b. get from here to your hometown?
   c. get used to living in a foreign country?
   d. commute from (name oja local place) to (name of a localphce) during rush hour?

EXERCISE 30. Length of tlme. (Chart 5-13)
Directions: Create questions using how long.

1. A: H~W loyi Aid it take ym to Aviw to NPW Yovb?

B: Five days. (It took me five days to drive to NewYork.)

A week. (Mr. McNally will be in the hospital for a week.)

3. A:
   B: A long time. (It takes a long time to learn a second language.)


4. A:
   B: Six months. (I've been living here for six months.)


5. A:... .,,. ..,. ,
   B: Six years. (I lived in Istanbul for six years.) I; ..: :. ,.,., -.


6. A.
   B: A couple of years. (I've known Nho Pham for a couple of years.)


7. A:
   B: Since 1999. (He's been living in Canada since 1999.)


8. A:
   For 21 to 30 days, according to psychologists. (A person has to do something
   consistently for 21 to 30 days before it becomes a habit.) %'^3