Two new video lessons in our Real English series this week.
In the first video, passers-by answer a difficult question for students in lower levels: How long does it take you to get to work?
It is an impersonal question with the subject "it", so we'll be using auxiliary "does" for the 3rd person singular in the question.
The answers is also a bit funny: TAKE + PERSONAL OBJECT + TIME + TO-Infinitive.
It takes me 20 minutes to get to work.
You can watch the same video with subtitles on the Real English site here, where you can also do an interactive exercise here.
You can also practise this complicated structure with the following questions, most of which are related to household chores:
How long does it take you/your wife to make your bed?
How long does it take you to have breakfast?
How long does it take you to have a shower?
How long does it take you to read the newspaper?
How long does it take you to do the washing-up?
How long does it take you to cook dinner?
How long does it take you to get ready for work/school?
How long does it take you to do your English homework?
The second video is far less complicated, as passers-by answer the question Where do you live?, which also came up indirectly in the previous video. The difficulty here lies in identifying the place names speakers give, which might make it advisable to watch the video with subtitles on the Real English site here.
You can do an interactive exercise on the Real English site here.
Intermediate students have at their disposal a longer more challenging version of the video on the Real English site.
