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

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Do you want to play a game? Yeah. OK. You take a sweet and I'll take a sweet. You mean
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candy. Uhuh. No, no, no, stop. We put them in our mouths
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at the same time. The winner is the person who makes their sweet
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last the longest. It's not how fast I can eat it? No, it's the
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opposite. So I need to make it last a long time? That's
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right. OK. Ready, set, go.
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We use 'last' to say how long things continue.
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The flowers have died. I know. They only lasted a week.
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Lovely weather. Yeah, but how long is it going to last?
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Use 'last' with 'how long' to ask about the time things continue. You can ask about the
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future, about the present, and about the past. Of course some things don't last long.
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Do you want to hear my new year's resolutions? OK.
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I'm going to get up every morning at five o'clock. I'm going to work out and I'm going
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to walk the dog. Good for you! Her new year's resolutions never
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last very long. We also use 'last' to say we have enough of
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something - or not. I bought a big pack of paper towels. Great!
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They'll last for ages. We need more milk. We have some. But not enough
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to last a week. So don't forget. 'last' is about the time
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things continue. But don't stop here. This video is part of a set of three videos.
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Check the comments below to find links to the other two.
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