LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

7.3 Adverbial phrases of duration

7.3C 'During', 'in' and 'for' [> LEG 7.35]

Study:
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1 During means:

• either: 'from the beginning to the end': We had a lot of fun during the holidays.


• or: 'at some point during a period of time': I'll mend the gate during the weekend.
  We watched a very nice film during the flight to New York.

2 We use in like during to refer to time:

We had a lot of fun in the holidays. (Or: ... during the holidays)

But we cannot use in to refer to an activity or event:

We watched a film during the flight. (Not *in the flight*)

3 Fortells us 'how long' [> 7.3A]:

We stayed in Recife fora week/for three weeks. (Not *during three weeks')

Write: Supply in, during and for. Show which sentences take both in and during.

1 It was very hot August. 7

2 I was sent abroad my military service. 8

3 It rained the night. 9

4 I'll see you the lunch hour. 10

5 I woke up twice the night. 11

6 I tried to get a taxi a whole hour. 12

Many people gave up the course.

I suddenly felt ill my speech.

There was an accident the race.

I sleep the daytime.

I'm going abroad June.

Can you hold your breath two minutes?

7.3D Context

Write: Put in during, in, by, till, since, for or ago.

PEACE AND QUIET

I moved to this area seven years^1 .<?#<?.^2 years I have had noisy neighbours.

Ever^3 I moved into this flat, I've had to put up with noise^4 the night. I

decided I'd had enough and I've been looking for a new flat^5 the beginning of the year.

I haven't found anything^6 now. Every week I go to the local estate agent's office, but it's

the same story. 'I might have something^7 the end of the week,' he says, or, 'Wait

(^8) next week. I think I might have a few flats (^9) then.' I've seen a few flats
(^10) my search, but I don't like any of them. One flat I saw has been empty
I I two years. 'It's got a busy road on one side and a railway on the other!' I exclaimed. 'I
want peace and quiet.' Last week I visited the agent again. 'I won't leave^12 you show
me something,' I said. He smiled and said, 'I've got just the flat for you.' I went to see it and I was
horrified. 'But it's next to a cemetery!' I cried. 'But you won't have noisy neighbours,' my agent said.
'It's ideal for peace and quiet!'
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You won't have noisy neighbours!