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Use of It takes+(time)+to+(verb) & Please make sure that+(subject + verb); Day : 45

It takes + (time) + to + (verb)

You are letting someone know how long it will take to do a particular thing.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“It takes one hour to get there.”

“āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ˜āĻŖā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It takes forty-five minutes for me to get ready.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŸ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It takes four quarters to complete a football game.”

“āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻŸāĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It takes 7 seconds for my car to go 60 miles per hour.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ 60 āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ 7 āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“It takes all day for us to finish golfing.”

“āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It takes years to learn to play guitar.”

“āĻ—āĻŋāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It takes 15 minutes to get to downtown.”

“āĻĄāĻžāĻ‰āĻ¨āĻŸāĻžāĻ‰āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ 15 āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŸ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It takes me one hour to cook.”

“āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĨ¤”

Please make sure that + (subject + verb)

You are asking someone to make sure that a particular thing happens or takes place.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“Please make sure that she wakes up on time.”

“āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ“āĻ ā§‡āĨ¤”

“Please make sure that she gets to school.”

“āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“Please make sure that dinner is ready when we get home.”

“āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“Please make sure that your assignment is done.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“Please make sure that the water is not too hot.”

“āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻœāĻ˛ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ—āĻ°āĻŽ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“Please make sure you cook the meat long enough.”

“āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĨā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“Please make sure that she is getting along with her new friends.”

“āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“Please make sure that we leave on time.”

“āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“Please make sure you record our favorite TV show.”

“āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻļā§‹ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“Please make sure that you don’t stay out too late.”

“āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”