Difference between "FOR" and "DURING"|languagewell lessons

Difference between During and For

For, During and While – Grammar Exercise

For and during are all used to help us place an action or situation in the right time.

During and For

For is used with a period of time, it tells us How long something goes on.

for twenty minutes for a week for a long time for a year

For example:

We stopped for twenty minutes to eat a sandwich.
My wife is going to Belgium for a week.
Where is Jim? I’ve been waiting for him for a long time.
Are you coming home for the weekend?

During is used with a noun to say when something happens.

during the match during the war during the weekend

For example:

Fred got a red card during the match.
a moment “in” another period of time (in this case “the match)
My grandfather was killed during the war.
I’ll come and visit you sometime during the weekend

DURING is not about a period of time – it means at some time within a period of time:

I dropped my pen on the floor during the Maths exam

the exam was 90 minutes and at some time in those 90 minutes I dropped my pen

Notice time words like the morning, the afternoon, the winter we can normally use in or during