Quando se usa TO e FOR

When do you use the preposition TO and when do you use FOR?

FOR is used to express doing something on someone’s behalf.

TO expresses direction.

Examples:

FOR

I hurt my hand and cannot carry my books myself, can you carry them for me?

I also can’t use my hand to write. Can you write a letter for me, so I can send it to my mother?

TO

I am up on the ladder painting and I forgot the turpentine, but I don’t want to come down to get it. Can you carry the turpentine to me?

Could you send the letter you wrote for me to my mother? Or should I send it to her when I finish painting?

TEST YOUR MEMORY - TRY IT YOURSELF

1) I hurt my hand and cannot carry my books myself, can you carry them ____ me?

2) I also can’t use my hand to write. Can you write a letter ____ me, so I can send it ____ my mother?

3) I am up on the ladder painting and I forgot the turpentine, but I don’t want to come down to get it. Can you carry the turpentine ____ me?

4) Could you send the letter you wrote ____ me ____ my mother? Or should I send it ____ her when I finish painting?



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