How to Use TO & FOR ⚡️English Prepositions | Common Grammar Mistakes

TO & FOR These English prepositions can be confusing!

Today, you’ll practise how to use the prepositions ‘to’ and ‘for’ correctly in English sentences.
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Want to keep practising with me? Here are some other mmmEnglish lessons about prepositions:

[diegoservangarrido]

This video is pure gold. I have been studying English for nearly 40 years, and no teachers explained to me how to use to or for properly to make sentences using them correctly... I had to learn it on my own by listening to the people when I kept conversations...
Thanks a lot!

[lourenceubana]

Usage of To:

1.) Direction/Destination
2.) Time/Time between two points
3.) Preference
4.) Limit/Endpoint

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[dkg]

I primarily used to suffer the correct using of articles. After huge effort and practices, I have made significant improvement now. Prepositions are also made me unprofessional on my academic work. And your videos can help me to avoid those confusions. Your presentation is clean and pretty much on target. Keep up the good work as we are benefiting a lot.

[isabellacastillaalba]

Use of to
1) Destination / Direction - Yesterday I went to the supermarket
2) time/time between two points. - She works from Monday to Saturday
3) Prefences. - I prefer coffee to tea - I prefer cake to cookies
4) limit/endpoint - The river flows to the sea
5) motive/reason - I will buy some eggs to bake a cake / She runs every day to improve her health

Use of for
1) Help - I am making dinner for my sister
2) Benefit - Reading is good for mental health improvement
3) Duration/period - I've been waiting for the bus for one hour
4) Use/function of something - The clay is used for making bricks and containers

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[neelasamanthika]

•Use of TO

1.direction(I walk to shop)
2.limit (The water is up to sea level)
3 time (The shop is open 10.00 to 11.00 pm)
4.preference (I like coffee to tea)

• The use of for

1.help( I help for my grand mother)
2.benefit(water help for our immunity system)
3.past action(I have been waiting here for 30 minutes)
4.functional use (Its used for drinking)

[bektashmuhaj]

Thank you so much for explaining these propositions("to" and "for")in detail and in a professional manner!
As always, outstanding teacher !👏

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[melodyme]

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[ponkavinthangavel]

Common usage of "to":
1) direction / destination
2) limit/ endpoint
3) preference over than other things
4) distance or time between two points

[najmakhalid]

1. direction/movements
2. preferences
3.time/ time between two points
4. limits/endpoints

[ArshdeepSingh..]

To : destination/direction, time, prefer, end point

For : benefits, duration of time, helping someone (favor), function

To & for : reason/motive
To when motive/reason is a verb
For when motive/reason is a noun

[aminatakamara]

I’m grateful for having a teacher like you.

[tlplgom]

use of for: benefits, helping someone, doing something during a period of time, use

[chanwaihao]

To: 1. destination 2. time between two points 3. preference 4. limit/endpoint. This is such a magnificent lesson.

[leohechanova]

The ring that I found on the street yesterday belongs to my neighbor.
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[ndayiragijeinnocent]

Hello teacher, now my confusion about the use of to and for is gone.
Thank you for these important lessons you are sharing to us

[samsondebbarma]

For used -benifit
- duration/period
-helping somenone
- this glass used for drinking water for+ing