Complete the hungry student's interview with the pastry chef by dragging the right words into the blanks.

"Excuse me, chef! How long does it take to bake a chocolate cake?"
"Usually, it takes forty-five minutes."

Excuse me, chef! How long does it take...

Because the subject is "it", we must use the singular auxiliary verb "does" to form the question.

...take to bake a chocolate cake?

We use "to" + the base verb (the infinitive) after the phrase "it takes" to explain the action being done.

Usually, it takes forty-five minutes.

We measure the duration of time in seconds, minutes, or hours. "Clocks" are the objects that tell time, not the measurement itself!