#69 - I met you four years ago. 📅 Practice with for, ago and since

About this episode

The episode discusses the use of the prepositions for, ago, and since in the context of time.

Send us Fan Mail L: How long have you known me? D: I have known you for four years. L: When did you meet me? D: I met you in 2022. L: You met me 4 years ago. D: That’s right. I have known you since 2022. We used for, since and ago in our conversation. We use each of these prepositions to talk about time, but they are used in different ways. Each preposition looks at time from a different perspective. We use for to talk about a total length or duration of time. We use “for” to talk...

People in this episode

Hosts: Latonya Bailey, Diana Higgins

Topics covered

• time prepositions
• for
• ago
• since
• language learning
• conversation practice

Keywords

• time
• prepositions
• language
• learning
• conversation
• duration
• English

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