Take Time to (1)

Let's practise using "take time to" to improve your English!

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With the help of the phrase "It takes..." you can express how much time you need for something. You always start the sentence with "It takes" which is then followed by an object, a time expression and the infinitive with to. For example: It takes me half an hour to do my homework.

Present Simple:

Positive: It takes him ten minutes to go to school.
Negative: It doesn't take him ten minutes to go to school.
Question: Does it take him ten minutes to go to school?

Past Simple:

Positive: It took him ten minutes to go to school.
Negative: It didn't take him ten minutes to go to school.
Question: Did it take him ten minutes to go to school?

Will-Future:

Positive: It will take him ten minutes to go to school.
Negative: It won't take him ten minutes to go to school.
Question: Will it take him ten minutes to go to school?

Fill in the correct form of take in the following sentences:

Last week it ______ me one hour to cook dinner.

Solution:
took

How long ______ you to do the homework tomorrow?

Solution:
will it take

It usually ______ her half an hour to do the dishes.
Fill in the correct form of "take".

It usually [[spacer]] her half an hour to do the dishes.

Solution:
takes

I hope it ______ us too long to prepare the barbecue.

Solution:
won't take

I fear it ______ him quite a long time to learn the words.
Fill in the correct form of "take".

I fear it [[spacer]] him quite a long time to learn the words.

Solution:
will take

How long ______ father to repair his car yesterday?

Solution:
did it take

How long ______ John to repair the garden fence last week?

Solution:
did it take

It ______ him that long to write the essay.

Solution:
doesn't always take

Last year it ______ us five hours to drive to Italy.
Fill in the correct form of "take".

Last year it [[spacer]] us five hours to drive to Italy.

Solution:
took