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PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-14
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6828
SINCE and FOR - Present Perfect
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
1762
FOR SINCE AGO
Level:
elementary
Age:
7-17
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974
Present perfect with FOR or SINCE
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-17
Downloads:
902
FOR-SINCE-DURING-AGO -PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT (KEY INCLUDED)
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-14
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865
2nd year
Level:
advanced
Age:
15-17
Downloads:
27
Since or for?
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We use FOR + period of time (for three days, for a week, for a long time)
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We use SINCE + start of the period (since Christmas, since Sunday, since I was ten years old)
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Maya has been a professional singer�
since
for
1989.�����
So far, it has rained
for
since
�five hours.���
I haven't been snowboarding�
for
since
last winter.����
Jo has been a student here�
for
since
�March.����
The beaver has been an emblem of Canada�
for
since
many years.���
Cougars have almost disappeared from the Victoria area�
for
since
humans settled here.���
Mary has kept a diary�
since
for
she was ten years old.���
First Nations people in British Columbia have told stories about the eagle�
since
for
hundreds of years.��
The Canadian two-dollar coin has been in circulation
since
for
�1996.���
They've been married�
for
since
�twenty-five years.�