Por and Para – Spanish Prepositions
Para = For, to
Por = For, in, along, around, through, out of, on behalf of, because of.
Spanish prepositions Por and Para – Grammar + Practice in context via a video clip, online quiz + Gap Fill Exercise:
(The worksheet can be self-checked via the video)
PARA = FOR:
El regalo es para mí.
The present is for me.
PARA = TO (with infinitive verbs):
Voy a la cantina para comer.
I go to the canteen to eat.
+ Use Para with the verb viajar (to travel)
Viajo para España
= I travel to Spain.
. . . .
POR = FOR (to say thank you):
Gracias por los globos
= Thank you for the balloons.
POR = IN (the morning/afternoon/evening):
Tomo un café por la mañana.
= I have a coffee in the morning.
POR = Along, Around, Through, Out of:
Paso por la puerta
= I go through the door.
Caminan por la calle.
= They walk along the road.
Anda por la ciudad.
= He walks around the city.
Miro por la ventana.
= I look out of the window.
POR = Because of, On behalf of, Thanks to:
– Compro el helado por mi hermana.
I buy the ice-cream on behalf of (for) my sister.
– ¡Por suerte llego a tiempo!
= Luckily (thanks to luck) I arrive on time!
POR = FOR (to pay for things):
Pago por el billete de tren
I pay for the train ticket
Por and Para Video
Follow-up Gap fill exercise:
Por and Para Worksheet
Por and Para Quiz
This quiz is also available on its own separate page here:
Online Quiz
![viajo en avión para ir a Valencia](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Viajo-en-avión-para-ir-a-Valencia.jpg?time=1725026849)
#1. I travel by plane to go to Valencia.
![Voy a Valencia para ir a Las Fallas](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Voy-a-Valencia-para-ir-a-Las-Fallas.jpg?time=1725026849)
#2. I am going to Valencia to go to Las Fallas.
![hay explosiones de pólvora por las mañanas](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/hay-explosiones-de-pólvora-por-las-mañanas.jpg?time=1725026849)
#3. There are gunpowder explosions in the mornings.
![](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Miran-hacia-arriba-para-ver-las-explosiones-de-pólvora.jpg?time=1725026849)
#4. People go out in the street to watch the explosions.
![Hay fallas por toda Valencia](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Hay-fallas-por-toda-Valencia.jpg?time=1725026849)
#5. There are fallas all over Valencia.
![churros para el desayuno](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/churros-para-el-desayuno.jpg?time=1725026849)
#6. I buy churros for breakfast.
![las falleras caminan por las calles](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/caminan-por-las-calles.jpg?time=1725026849)
#7. The falleras walk through the streets with flowers for the Virgen de los Desamparados.
![los falleros camina con flores](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/caminan.jpg?time=1725026849)
#8. The falleros walk with flowers for the Virgin too.
![fuegos artificiales para la última noche](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fuegos-artificiales-para-la-fiesta.jpg?time=1725026849)
#9. They set up lots of fireworks for the last night.
![queman las fallas por la noche](https://21f6ad.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/por-la-noche.jpg?time=1725026849)
#10. They burn the fallas on 19th March in the evening.
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