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Activity Drag&Drop
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Activity Drag&Drop
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Practise the difference between DURING and FOR to talk about time
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Instructions
Click on the words at the bottom and drag them into the empty boxes of the sentence to complete it.
DURING is used to say WHEN something happens; FOR is used to say HOW LONG it lasts. Compare:
- My father was in hospital during the summer
- My father was in hospital for six weeks
- it rained during the night for three hours
- I can see you for a few minutes during the afternoon
In many situations (but not always), we can use IN instead of DURING:
- I woke up during the night = I woke up in the night
Items
| Gapped text | Items |
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| I was in Venice ______________________ the summer ______________________ two weeks | during / during / for / for |
| They arrived ______________________ the weekend | for / during |
| They stayed in my house ______________________ two days | during / for |
| She phoned me ______________________ the movie | for / during |
| We went to visit her ______________________ the weekend. We arrived on Friday evening and came back on Sunday at 10 pm. | during / for |
| He heard an explosion ______________________ the night | during / for |
| We stayed in a motel ______________________ the night | for / during |
| She had a short telephone call ______________________ the meeting | for / during |
| We waited there ______________________ six hours, but nobody came. | for / during |
| The baby was born ______________________ our holidays | for / during |
| We had a little house ______________________ the summer and spent all our holidays there | during / for |
| I had to go out ______________________ the conference, but only for a few minutes. | during / for |
| She was looking for him ______________________ two days | for / during |
| I met Susan ______________________ my university years | during / for |
| I visited Paris three times ______________________ my childhood | during / for |
Total number of items: 15