It’s a common way to ask about the time needed to do various things.
Travel from point A to point B.
- How long does it take to fly from Chicago to Rome? - present tense
(It takes eight hours.)
- How long did it take to get to the office from home? - past tense
(It took 15 minutes.)
Travel somewhere via different modes of transportation.
- How long does it take to get to the university by bus? - present tense
(It takes 35 minutes to get to the university by bus.)
- How long will it take to arrive in the city center on foot? - future
(It will take 40 minutes on foot.)
Doing anything
How long will it take for the tree to grow fruit? - future
(It will take five years.)
How long did it take to build the Great Pyramid of Giza? - past tense
(It took 20 years.)
You don’t always have to be precise with the time. You can use these phrases:
- It didn’t take long / It won’t take long (It didn't take long to read that book.)
- It takes a long time / It took a long time /It will take a long time (It took Carlo a long time to finally graduate.)
You can personalize these kinds of sentences too:
- How long did it take Simona to get to the office from home? - past tense
(It took her 15 minutes.)
- How long will it take you to arrive in the city center on foot? - future
(It will take me 40 minutes on foot.)
- How long did it take slaves to build the Great Pyramid of Giza? - past tense
(It took 20 years and thousands of slaves.)
In conclusion: if we are talking about time, we use the phrase “How long does it take…?”, “How long did it take…?”, “How long will it take…?”
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