How long does it last? Learn English with Simple English Videos

Do you want to play a game? Yeah. OK. You take a sweet and I'll take a sweet. You mean

candy. Uhuh. No, no, no, stop. We put them in our mouths

at the same time. The winner is the person who makes their sweet

last the longest. It's not how fast I can eat it? No, it's the

opposite. So I need to make it last a long time? That's

right. OK. Ready, set, go.

We use 'last' to say how long things continue.

The flowers have died. I know. They only lasted a week.

Lovely weather. Yeah, but how long is it going to last?

Use 'last' with 'how long' to ask about the time things continue. You can ask about the

future, about the present, and about the past. Of course some things don't last long.

Do you want to hear my new year's resolutions? OK.

I'm going to get up every morning at five o'clock. I'm going to work out and I'm going

to walk the dog. Good for you! Her new year's resolutions never

last very long. We also use 'last' to say we have enough of

something - or not. I bought a big pack of paper towels. Great!

They'll last for ages. We need more milk. We have some. But not enough

to last a week. So don't forget. 'last' is about the time

things continue. But don't stop here. This video is part of a set of three videos.

Check the comments below to find links to the other two.