This lesson teaches students to use “takes” to describe how long an activity is.
Subject – takes – amount of time
(how much time is needed to do something)
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- It takes me 10 minutes to get to school.
- It takes longer to walk to school than to ride a bicycle.
- Driving 100 miles takes between one and two hours.
- Cleaning my room is going to take forever! It’s a big mess!
- It took me 4 hours to finish all my homework.
Sometimes you can use both “takes” or “lasts”:
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- This test takes 40 minutes to finish. (Finishing the test will require 40 minutes of your time.)
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- This test lasts 40 minutes. (The test will continue for 40 minutes, and then it will end.)
Complete the sentences with an amount of time.
1. It takes me ____________________ to walk to school.
2. It takes me ____________________ to go to school by bicycle.
3. It takes me ____________________ to go to school by car.
4. It takes about ____________________ to get ready for school.
5. It takes ____________________ to learn how to play the piano well.
6. It takes ____________________ to fly around the world.
7. Going to college and earning a degree will take about ________________.