Daily life

for hours on end

continuously for many hours

For many hours without stopping.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why are you so tired?

The baby was crying for hours on end.

Play the conversation

We sat in the garden talking for hours on end.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: We talked ~~during~~ hours on end.

Say: We talked for hours on end.

Use “for” to introduce the length of time.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

talk for hours on end; work for hours on end

Your turn: say it out loud

We sat in the garden talking for hours on end.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

for hours on end

continuously for many hours

“We sat in the garden talking for hours on end.”

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