How long + Spend

How long? + Spend
¿Cuanto dura? ¿Cuanto toma? ¿Cuanto tiempo?

Spend: Pasa - Toma - Gastar - llevar = Duración o tiempo.

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How long? Questions-Use

When it is important to ask the duration of an activity, the distance from one place to another and the time we invert in something.

Structure: Subject + spend+ time+ from+place+to+place.

Cuando es importante preguntar la duración de una actividad, la distancia que toma llegar a un sitio o el tiempo que invertimos o nos toma algo.

Examples:
How long do you spend from home to Open Mind
> I spend one hour from home to Quality.









¿Cuanto te toma desde tu casa hasta/a Open mind? > Me toma una hora desde mi casa a Open Mind(academia).

I spend 15 minutes taking a shower.

Me toma 15 minutos tomar una ducha.

Subject+ spend+ time+ gerund
(ing verb)

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How long do you take a shower?

• I leave home at 6:00am
  -Salgo de casa a las 6 AM

• I leave home at 12:30 AM
  -Salgo de casa a las 12:30 AM

• She leaves home at 9 o' clock
  -Ella sale de casa a las 9 en punto
  

What time do you leave home?

>He spends 2 hours from work to my house.

¿Cuanto le toma a tu padre desde su trabajo a tu casa?

Le toma 2 horas llegar del trabajo a mi casa.

How long does your father spend from work to your home?

I arrive at Open Mind at 7:00am.

¿A que hora llegas a Open Mind(academia)?
Llego a Open Mind a las 7 de la mañana.

​What time do you arrive at Open Mind?

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SPEND+ING - uso de spend + ing verbs

Los verbos en ING no necesariamente agregan las terminaciones ando, endo.

Jugando = Playing. Viniendo=Coming

Dado que ellos hablan de la continuidad que toma una acción en realizarse en el presente, una actividad que se sigue ejecutando o realizando en el presente.

Ex: How long do you spend taking a shower?

Cuanto tiempo te toma ducharte > Taking es traducido como Tomar*

A: I spend 20 minutes taking a shower. Me toma 20 minutos tomar una ducha

Multiple Choice

How long do you spend eating lunch?

• She spends 3 hours eating lunch

• We spend 2 minutes eat

  lunch

• It spends 2 days lunch

• I spend 10 minutes eating lunch

Multiple Choice

How long does your sister spend chatting on facebook?

• She only chats on facebook during leap years.
• She never uses facebook.
• She spends 3 hours chatting on facebook

• I spend 30 minutes chatting on facebook

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Multiple Choice

How long do you spend from home to Carolina Park?

• It depends on the weather conditions
• I spend 1 hour from home to Carolina Park

• The time is always 1 hour
• It takes exactly 30 minutes

Multiple Choice

How long do you and your family spend from Quito to the beach in Esmeraldas?

• They spend 4-5 hours from Quito to Esmeraldas' Beach

• We spend 10-11 hours from Quito

  to the Beach in Esmeraldas

• I spend 2-3 hours from Quito to the Beach in Esmeraldas

• 7-8 hours