How Many Hours Have You Studied For

Question

I have just read a lot of old threads where people had done tests to get an indication of their level of proficiency. Many seemed to have done this test http://ave.cervantes.es/ and I wondered how many hours have you studied for to reach your current level, whatever that may be.

Answer 1

Ok I just took it and did it all. My level, C1.3-1.4. According to that site, I am between superior 3 and 4, the last two levels. I rock!!!!

• I just did it today and got the same, Jeez. Started learning Spanish September 2009. I felt I was guessing a bit with the spoken though! :) - galsally Dec 18, 2011

Answer 2

When I took the test a year and a half ago, I got a B1.1-1.2.

I took it today and got a B1.3-1.4.

I probably average 2 hours a day, every day, 7 days a week. Less than that the first year, probably only an hour a day.

I've been studying 3 years.

• Our rates of progress are suprisingly similar. How do you study ? I do it by skype with a school (s) in Central America - RogerHH Nov 3, 2011
• They say you should achieve that level in what 450 hours ?and I have you at about let's say 1500 hours - so something is wrong somewhere - RogerHH Nov 3, 2011

Answer 3

How Many Hours Have You Studied For

I wondered how many hours have you studied for to reach your current level,

Proficiency in English would require the deletion of "for" in both sentences.

• I wonder how many houts you have studied to reach your level - would not make sense, as you have not studied hours. That would be the study of hours. How many hours have you studied for ( in order to) reach your current level. - RogerHH Nov 6, 2011
• Julian is right. - Beatrice-Cod Nov 6, 2011
• Actually, it does make sense because it's understood that length of time is being discussed. What wouldn't make sense is studying hours, so this would not be assumed. However if you insist on using "for," you could say "For how many hours have you ....." - JulianChivi Nov 6, 2011
• Yes, the word ''for ''should be placed at the beginning of the sentence: For how many hours .... - FELIZ77 Nov 6, 2011

Answer 4

I took the test above and have studied for a lot more hours then they say is necessary to achieve the level I got on the test.

• Me too :) - ian-hill Oct 31, 2011

Answer 5

Answer 6

I did the first part of that test and got 60/60. I have studied about a million hours. The second part was reading, and I'm seeing double right now so I couldn't do it. Maybe tomorrow.

• seguro lograste súper avanzado jeezzle? : D - unMica Nov 1, 2011
• don't you have to do the whole thing before you get the mark? - Kiwi_Girl Nov 1, 2011
• I don't recall, let's take it again. - jeezzle Nov 1, 2011
• Alright I have taken it 3 times and it freezes on question 41 every time, so I guess I'm done with it. - jeezzle Nov 1, 2011

Answer 7

A million. Lightweight.

Answer 8

How Many Hours Have You Studied For

I wondered how many hours have you studied for to reach your current level,

Proficiency in English would require the deletion of "for" in both sentences.

I don't think that you are correct here. The title is a title that essnetially is an extract from the first sentences, so is not intended to be complete.

On the second sentence "I wondered how many hours have you studied for to reach your current level,"

If you remove the for you get " I wonder how many hours you have studied to reach your current level" - this would be incorrect as it would imply that you have studied hours. Nobody has sat down and examined hours through a microspoce, that would be a study of hours.

In my sentence for, is asking for a length a time. How long did you wait for the bus. For how long did you wait for the bus.

Answer 9

"How many hours have you studied for" is incorrect. You have added an unnecessary preposition at the end of your sentence. A preposition indicates space or time. In this case the time is indicated by the hours. Below I have added a link to explain this subject in a very simplistic manner.

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ending-prepositions.aspx

Answer 10

You can say : For how many hours have you studied? The preposition for should be placed at the beginning of the sentence! How long have you been studying Spanish?

= ¿Por cuántas horas has estudiado? (Esp) . or.... and I wondered, how many hours have you studied to reach your current level, whatever that may be?

= o... Y me pregunté, ¿Cuántas horas has estudiado para llegar a tu nivel actual, cualquiera lo que sea?

You might use alcanzar* here rather than llegar a but I am not sure which is better/more common.

I hope this helps

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