Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Grammar of Lesson 3.
- It takes
- It takes is an expresision. It
takes describes how much time
is necessary to do a certain
activity.
- We make negative
statements with "it takes" the
same way as we do with most
verbs, that is, by using does +
not.
- We make interrogative
sentences with "it takes" the
same way as we do with
most verbs, that is, by using
does.
- Examples:
- It takes a long time to sweep the floor.
- it doesn´t take a long time to sweep the floor.
- Does it take long time to sweep the floor?
- It takes + person
- We can mention a person
after it takes to describe how
much time that person needs
to do a certain activity
- Examples:
- How long does it take you to come to school.
- It usually takes me around one hour.
- Using "for whit the present perteft tense
and the simple past tense
- In the simple past, we use to
understand the duration of the
action or situation ended in the past.
- In the simple past, we use to
understand the duration of the
action or situation continues in the
present.
- Examples:
- We lived in illinois for three years.
- And now we´ve benn here for a year.