Now practice the rules in the following exercises.
Task3 Answerthequestionsusing thehintsinbrackets. How long will it take him to become a teacher? (four years)
How long does it take you to get to the theater? (20 minutes)
How long did it take her to prepare this dessert? (3 hours)
How long does it take your daughter to cook an omelette? (10 minutes)
How long did it take Nick to master English? (about 6 years)
Note:
(See On screen A2, student’s book by Jenny Dooley-Virginia Evans, Grammar references on pages GR3-4).
Ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, p. 14.
Ex5,p.15.
Vocabulary
changeable [ˈtʃeɪndʒəbl] - liable to unpredictable variation. “the weather will be changeable with rain at times”.
nasty [ˈnɑ:stɪ] - very bad or unpleasant. “plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell”. comparison [kəmˈpærɪsn] - a consideration or estimate of the similarities or dissimilarities between two things or people. “they drew a comparison between Gandhi's teaching and that of other teachers”.
meteorological conditions - the prevailing environmental conditions as they influence the prediction of weather - the application of science and technology to predict the conditions of the atmosphere for a given location and time.