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Lesson Plan August 8, 2025
Topic: Prepositions of Time: from, since, for
In this lesson you can review the different uses of the prepositions of time from, since and for.
Section A: from … to
We often use from + starting point in time with to + end point
from Monday to Friday
from 1pm to 2pm
from January to March
I lived in Paris from 2004 to 2009.
Instead of to, we can use until or till
We were working from morning till night.
We can use from with a past, present or future tense
He lived in Venezuela from childhood.
I’ll be waiting from 3pm.
We do not usually use from with a perfect tense
Section B: since
We also use since + starting point in time
since this morning
since yesterday
since I left school
But we usually use since with a perfect tense
I’ve been waiting here since this morning.
I hadn’t seen her since I left school.
Section C: for
We use for + a period of time
for six months
for ages
for 10 years
for 10 minutes
for a long time
We can use for with all tenses
I haven’t see you for ages!
I waited for three hours.
I’ll remember this for a lifetime.
Lesson Notes
Words & Phrases
We use the words ‘biting cold’ to describe cold weather and ‘blazing hot’ to describe hot weather
I forgot my gloves and felt the biting cold on my hands.
During winter, the biting cold can freeze your breath in the air.
The blazing hot sun made us seek shade immediately.
She didn’t expect the blazing hot weather in early spring.
Prepositions of Time
We use since and from + starting point. They are used to mark the beginning of something: an action, a state or an event.
The difference is that we normally use since with present or past perfect tenses and from in other cases.
Clare worked in a restaurant for 2 years.
This means Clare was physically inside the restaurant working there — usually as staff like a waiter, cook, or similar.
Clare worked at a restaurant for 2 years.
This is very similar to “in a restaurant” and is also natural. “At” often focuses on the location, so it means Clare’s workplace was a restaurant.
Clare worked for a restaurant for 2 years.
This means Clare worked for the restaurant as an employee — like she was hired by them, but it doesn’t specify the place she worked. For example, she might work in their office or another place related to the restaurant.
