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EXERCISE
30. Length of time.
(Chart 5-13)
Directions:
Create questions using how long.
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A: _______ How
long did it take you to drive to New York? ___________
B: Five days. (It took me five days to drive to
New York.)
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2
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A:
_____________________________________________________________
B: A week.
(Mr. McNally will be in the hospital for a week.)
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A: _____________________________________________________________
B: A long time. (It takes a
long time to learn a second language.)
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4
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A: _____________________________________________________________
B: Six
months. (I've been living here for six months.)
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5
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A: _____________________________________________________________
B: Six years. (I lived in
Istanbul for six years.)
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6
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A: _____________________________________________________________
B: A couple
of years. (I've known Nho Pham for a couple of years.)
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7
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A: _____________________________________________________________
B: Since 1999. (He's been
living in Canada since 1999.)
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A: _____________________________________________________________
B: 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.)
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EXERCISE
31. Length of time.
(Chart 5-13)
Directions: Work in
groups of three. Only Speaker A's book is open.
Speaker A: Complete the sentence with
your own words.
Speaker B: Ask a question about Speaker
A's sentence, using how long.
Speaker C: Answer the question. Give both
a short answer and a long answer.
Example: It takes me
...to ....
SPEAKER A: It takes me twenty minutes
to walk to class from my apartment.
SPEAKER B: HOW long does it take ( h a
) to walk to class from her apartment?
SPEAKER C: Twenty minutes. It takes her
twenty minutes to walk to class from her apartment.
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It took me …… to get to school today
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It usually …… me …… to get dressed in the morning.
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3
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It …… to
fly from …… to ……
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4
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It …… 45 minutes to an hour to ……
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Switch roles.
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It ……to change the sheets on a bed
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It usually takes me ……to eat ……
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7
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It took me
……this morning.
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8
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It takes only a few minutes to ……
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Switch
roles.
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It ……to walk from ……to ……
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It takes ……drive ……
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It used to
take ……to ……
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In class, it takes us approximately…….to ……
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