IT TAKES We use it takes to express a period of time necessary to complete some action. It takes is always followed by an infinitive. It takes me an hour to prepare my homework. It took us five days to reach home. It will take you several hours to finish that work. Change each of the sentences below so that it begins with “It takes ......., “It took .......,” or “It will take ..........,” as required. 1. I walked to the station in ten minutes. (It took ten minutes to walk to the station.) 2. I finished my exercises in one hour 3. She learned to speak English well in only one year. 4. I wrote my composition in thirty minutes. 5. The train went around the mountain in three hours. 6. They finished the bridge in one year. 7. The cable reached him in two days. 8. We walk to school every moring in about fifteen minutes. 9. You`ll get there in about an hour. 10. She`ll take all afternoon to prepare the meal. 11. But we`ll eat it in only fifteen or twenty minutes.
IT TAKESWe use it takes to express a period of time necessary to
complete some action. It takes is always followed by an
infinitive.It takes me an hour to prepare my homework.It took us
five days to reach home.It will take you several hours to finish
that work.Change each of the sentences below so that it begins with
It takes ......., It took ......., or It will take .........., as
reuired.!. I walked to the station in ten minutes."It took ten
minutes to walk to the station.#$. I finished my exercises in one
hour%. &he learned to speak 'nglish well in only one year.(. I
wrote my composition in thirty minutes.). *he train went around the
mountain in three hours.+. *hey finished the bridge in one year.,.
*he cable reached him in two days. -. We walk to school every
moring in about fifteen minutes... /ou0ll get there in about an
hour.!1. &he0ll take all afternoon to prepare the meal.!!. 2ut
we0ll eat it in only fifteen or twenty minutes.!$. I wash and dress
each morning in less than fifteen minutes.!%. 3elen puts on her
makeup in half an hour.!(. 3e learned to swim in 4ust a few
days.!). I0ll run to the corner store and get what you need in 4ust
two or three minutes.
