How are prepositions – ‘for’, ‘while’, ‘during’ used?

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1.

It rained ____ three days.

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 During

 While

2.

We met a lot of interesting people _____ our holiday.

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 During

 While

3.

I will call you sometime ____ the afternoon.

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 During

 While

4. _____ your were out , there was a phone call for you.

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 During

 While

5. Chris read a book ____ I watched TV.

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 During

 While

6. Are you going away ______ the weekend.

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 During

 While

7. At the conference she spoke ______ two hours.

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 During

 While

8. The production at the factory was affected ____ the labor strike.

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 During

 While

9. Please don’t interrupt ____ I’m speaking.

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 During

 While

10. We didn’t eat anything ____our journey.

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 During

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Question 1 of 10

We use ‘for’ followed by a period of time to say how long something goes on :-

We use ‘during’ followed by noun to say when something happens (not how long)

We use ‘while’ followed by a subject and verb.

Also when talking about future we sometimes use the present (not will) but the word ‘while’.