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How long does it take...?
Exercises
1. Write the questions to the following answers.
a)
A rugby game takes 80 minutes.
b) It takes 7 hours to drive from Madrid to Barcelona.c) It took
me 5 years to learn English.
d) It takes 30 minutes to get to my school?
e) It took them 3 days to move house.
f) It will take a week to finish the painting.g) The meeting
normally takes an hour and a half.
h) It normally takes an hour and a half to roast a chicken.
i) How long does it take to roast a chicken?
2. Answer the questions using take to do something.
a) How long does it a take to learn French? (A long time)
b) How long does it take the train to go from London to York?
(two hours)
c) How long did it take Andrew to finish his essay? (two
hours)
d) How long does it take to get to your work? (30 minutes)e) How
long will it take to do the exercise? (not long)
f) How long does it take to cook a steak? (6 minutes)
g) How long does it take to read this book? (not long)h) How
long did it take to get here? (almost five hours)
3. Read the situations below and write the question or sentence
using take to do
something.
a) Your friend ran the marathon. Ask what time they finished the
race in.
b) Your television was broken and now is mended. Ask the time
needed to fix thetelevision.
c) You started learning the clarinet two weeks ago. You now play
the clarinet.
d) Tomorrow you will finish your work.e) Your friend has made a
cake. You want to know how much time was needed to make
the cake.
f) Ask your friend the time they need to do their homework.g)
You started cleaning your car at 12 oclock. You finished cleaning
your car at 12.30.
h)
She will begin to cook the potatoes at 5 oclock. The potatoes
will be ready at 5.20.
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Answers
1. Write the questions to the following answers.
a) How long does a rugby game take?
b)
How long does it take to drive from Madrid to Barcelona?c)
How long did it take you to learn English?
d) How long does it take to get to your school?e) How long did
it take them to move house?
f) How long will it take to finish the painting?
g) How long does the meeting take normally?h) How long does it
take to roast a chicken?
2. Answer the questions using take to do something.
a) It takes a long time to learn French.
b) It takes the train two hours to go from London to York.c)
It took Andrew two hours to finish his essay.
d) It takes 30 minutes to get to my work.
e) It won't take long to do the exercise.f) It takes 6 minutes
to cook a steak.
g) It doesn't take long to read this book.
h) It took almost five hours to get here!!
3. Read the situations below and write the question or sentence
using take to dosomething.
a) How long will it take to run the marathon?
b)
How long did it take to fix the television?
c) It took me two weeks to learn to play the clarinet.d) It will
take me a day to finish my work.
e) How long did it take to make that cake?
f) How long does it take you to do homework take?
g) It took me 30 minutes to clean the car.h) It will take her 20
minutes to cook the potatoes.
