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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.