Lesson XVIII: Wh-Questions with HOW LONG and WHEN

E. Wh-Questions with HOW LONG and WHEN Previous patterns: HOW LONG did you stay up last night? WHEN did you come? Question: HOW LONG have you been studying? Answers: S Action Block Actional Block … … Action Time We have studied FOR a long time. We have studied FOR eight weeks. We have studied FOR several days. We have been studying FOR a little while. We have been studying FOR two hours. We have been studying FOR a few minutes I studied FOR two hours LAST NIGHT I am going to study FOR two hours TOMORROW. Question: WHEN did you study? Answers: S Action Block Actional Block … … Action Time We studied DURING the evening. We studied DURING the course. We studied DURING the day. We studied DURING the summer. I am going to study DURING the summer. Exercise: E.1. Practice FOR and DURING Substitute the words. Use Past-AF with DURING- and Past-HAVE-ING-AF with FOR-Time Expressions. For example: I worked during the holiday. for two hours I ' VE BEEN WORKING FOR TWO HOURS. during the summer I WORKED DURING THE SUMMER. for several days I ' VE BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. for a little while I ' VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 1. during the night 5. for a few minutes 9. during my vacation 2. for one hour 6. during the evening 10. for twenty minutes 3. for a little while 7. for six hours 11. for several hours 4. during the afternoon 8. during the day 12. during the school year

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