English 1

Conversation
5 – Giving Advice: You’d Better + Bare Infinitive
6 – How long did it take you…?
Aim of the lesson
• To review different ways of giving advice.
• To introduce the use of you’d better + bare infinitive.

• To introduce the phrase it takes X + time expression + to-infinitive

• To practice asking and answering questions about duration.
It would be best if you… You might want to…

You ought to…

ADVICE You should…

You’d better…

If I were you, I’d…

You might consider…
 Find the best match
You’d better wear a tie
You’d better make a reservation
You’d better join a gym
You’d better be nice to me
You’d better take an umbrella
You’d better do your homework
if you want to lose weight.
if you want me to take you out.
if you want to be sure of a seat.
if you want to pass the test.
if you want to make a good impression.
if you don’t want to get wet.
You’d better wear a tie if you want to make a good impression.
You’d better make a reservation if you want to be sure of a seat.
You’d better join a gym if you want to lose weight.
You’d better be nice to me if you want me to take you out.
You’d better take an umbrella if you don’t want to get wet.
You’d better do your homework if you want to pass the test.
Give an advice using “You’d better…”
Your friend’s car is low on gas (petrol) before a long trip.
There is a test tomorrow but your friend is playing games.
Your friend accidentally walked out of the store without paying.
Your friend smokes tow packs of cigarette daily.
Your friend owes some bad people money.
Your friend is being loud in the library.
Little kids in your neighborhood are playing with fire.
Practice:
Asking and giving advice
Think of a situation where you need an advice. Share with your
neighbors on your left, right, front, and back and listen to their
advice using, “You’d better…if…to___....”.
“You’d better w h
you’d better p m
a at s
you’d better t up your r
you’d better p on a w s ,”
they s .
Iu ,b Id c
and I d even k why not.
“You’d better work harder
you’d better pay more
attention at school
you’d better tidy up your room
you’d better put on a warm sweater ,”
they say .
I understand , but I don’t care
and I don’t even know why not.
“You’d better w h
you’d better p m
a at s
you’d better t up your r
you’d better p on a w s ,”
they s .
Iu ,b Id c
and I d even k why not.
“You’d better
you’d better
you’d better ,
you’d better ,”
say.
understand, but
care
and even know why not.
“You’d better try harder,”
that’s what my boss said.
“You’d better be on time,”
that’s what my boss said.
“You’d better use your head,”
that’s what my boss said.
“You’d better be friendlier,”
that’s what I thought.
“I’d better be leaving,”
that’s what I said.
How long did it take you…?
It took me an hour to find a taxi
It takes her thirty minutes to get home
Fill in the blank with correct answer
• It takes sunlight ___ minutes to reach the Earth.
• It took Columbus ___ months to cross Atlantic Ocean.
• It would take a spaceship ___ months to reach Mars.
• It took the Greeks ___ years to conquer Troy.
• It takes the moon ___ days to go around the Earth.
• It took Phileas Fogg ___ days to go around the world.
• It took the Ancient Egyptians ___ years to build the Great Pyramid.
• It took me ___ hour to drive across Bandung.
Fill in the blank with correct answer
• It takes sunlight _8_ minutes to reach the Earth.
• It took Columbus _2_ months to cross Atlantic Ocean.
• It would take a spaceship _6_ months to reach Mars.
• It took the Greeks _10_ years to conquer Troy.
• It takes the moon _30_ days to go around the Earth.
• It took Phileas Fogg _80_ days to go around the world.
• It took the Ancient Egyptians _20_ years to build the Great Pyramid.
• It took me _1_ hour to drive across Bandung.
Finding Slowpoke Rodriguez &
Speedy Gonzalez of the Group
In groups of three or four students, prepare five to six questions,
such as ‘how long does it take you to get ready in the morning’.
Ask the group members and note answers. When all have
answered, tabulate the answers, and report your findings to the
class of who is the fastest and the slowest in your group.
Sue, Tony, & Sandra
It took me _________ hours / days / weeks /
months / quite a long time / years to ________.
It took me only ________ hours / days / weeks /
months / a short time / years to ________.
Something that took me….
I found it interesting that it (only) took
________ (only) _______ to ________
It took him an hour
to answer my question
and it took him two days to say,
‘I can’t come to your party’
and a week to ring me back.
It took him six months
to write me a letter
and it will take him years
to find out what he wants.
Phew, isn’t he slow?
It took him / her / them _______ (only) _______.
Phew, isn’t / aren’t he / she / they slow (fast).
It took him a year to learn to read,
and it took him eight months
to understand how to work with a computer.
It also took him some weeks
to finish the biology project.
It takes him days
to learn a text by heart.
But it takes him only a minute
to stir up a fight in our class.
It took my girlfriend only half an hour
to learn to ice-skate and
it took her only five minutes
to learn a long text by heart.
It also took her only four days
to read a book a thousand pages long
and it took her only two days
to learn for a difficult test.
Phew, isn’t she fast!