Five minutes' walk got/brought/took me to the museum

hirashin

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Would all the three sentences sound right?
(a) Five minutes' walk got me to the museum.
(b) Five minutes' walk brought me to the museum.
(c) Five minutes' walk took me to the museum.

Thanks in advance.
Hirashin

 

Lothor

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hirashin said:

Would all the three sentences sound right?
(a) Five minutes' walk got me to the museum.
(b) Five minutes' walk brought me to the museum.
(c) Five minutes' walk took me to the museum.

Thanks in advance.
Hirashin

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They should all be considered correct if they are answers from your students. People don't really speak like that though and would probably say something like 'I walked to the museum in five minutes'. I realise you have to test specific grammar points and, from that view, all sentences are acceptable.

 

hirashin

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Thanks for the help, Lothor. I know people don't speak like that. We are supposed to teach English grammar, whether it is used in spoken lanuage or in written language. .

 

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Grammatically speaking, all three sentences are incorrect - written and verbal. Using your example, it should be: Five minutes of walking...
As the previous poster stated, you would not talk or write like that though, if you want to be grammatically correct.