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For, During, and While: Albaninda Nurul Haq 1703046090 Pbi 4 - C

For, during, and while are prepositions that indicate different relationships regarding time. [1] For is used to indicate a period of time, such as "for 3 hours". [2] During is used to refer to something happening within a specified time, like "during the lecture". [3] While is used to refer to two things occurring simultaneously, without reference to duration, such as "while I was watching TV". The document provides examples and explanations of the different uses of for, during, and while in sentences.

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For, During, and While: Albaninda Nurul Haq 1703046090 Pbi 4 - C

For, during, and while are prepositions that indicate different relationships regarding time. [1] For is used to indicate a period of time, such as "for 3 hours". [2] During is used to refer to something happening within a specified time, like "during the lecture". [3] While is used to refer to two things occurring simultaneously, without reference to duration, such as "while I was watching TV". The document provides examples and explanations of the different uses of for, during, and while in sentences.

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FOR, DURING,

AND WHILE
ALBANINDA NURUL HAQ
1703046090
PBI 4 – C
A Study when do we use ‘For’ , ‘During’, and ‘while’.
Then understand the difference !

For is a preposition which is used 
For + Period of 
with a period to say how long 
time
something goes on

During is preposition which is used 
bto say when something happens. It  During + noun
does not tell us how long it happened

While is used to talk about two things 
While + 
that are happening at the same time. 
Subject + Verb
The length of time is not important.
B Let's see, three different sentences in this table. Surely
you will understand what distinguishes it.

FOR DURING WHILE

He fell asleep for 3 hours yesterday He fell asleep during the lecture Hje fell asleep while I was watching 


Tv

I enjoying the music for 2 hours I enjoying the music during her  I enjoying the music while my 


birthday party. brother was driving

It didn’t bright for a long time  It didn’t bright during our holiday at  It didn’t bright at all while we were 


the beach on holiday at the beach

He kept talking to me for 30  He kept talking to me during the  He kept talking to me while I was 


minutes  presentation trying to read 
C This is an explanation of why we use 'for', 'during', and
'while' in the sentence sentence.

I’m going to Nobady was vocal We saw Sam while


Indonesia for two during the we were swimming
weeks presentation

• Why we use  • We use  • We can see in 


For? Because  during  that sentence 
“two weeks”  because  there are two 
is a period of  words of “the  activities 
time presentation”  happening  at 
is a noun  the same 
time
1. We all stayed inside during the storm

2. Bats sleep during the day

3. The dog was barking while she was trying to watch TV.

4. Please don't smoke while I'm eating.

5. You have been smoking for a year

6. I hadn’t seen Chicago for a long time


E Use your own ideas by seeing the picture to complete
these sentences

The phone rang  I was enjoying a fan   She listened to music 


while  we were  _ _ _ _ _   for two hours
having diner 

She _ _ _ _ _  eight  We met during the  We get plenty of 


hours  Xmas holiday snow here _ _ _ _

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