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Downloadable worksheets: PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE Level: intermediate Age: 10-14 Downloads: 6865   THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Level: elementary Age: 12-14 Downloads: 5632   GRAMMAR TIME - PRESENT PERFECT (with key editable) Level: elementary Age: 12-14 Downloads: 5149   Present perfect vs Simple past in context Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Downloads: 4163   Present Perfect Level: elementary Age: 12-17 Downloads: 3855   Simple Past or Present Perfect? Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 3582

FOR     ---------   SINCE   FOR    and   SINCE    are   used   to express   time   FOR  denotes the whole period of time ( duration) :   for one year -    for two weeks - for a long time -                  for  three months    SINCE  only shows the moment when the action   started ( a specific time)    since last Monday                        since I was born  -   I°  Write   SINCE    or   FOR   1. forsince a very long time                2. forsinceI left school 3. forsince10 years                           4. forsinceit started to rain 5. forsincethree weeks                      6. forsinceSeptember 7. forsinceI came to London               8. forsincehalf an hour  9. forsincemy birthday                     10. forsincesix months    II°  Complete with    For   or   SINCE   1) I have been a teacher  forsince 30 years 2. Bob has worked in that import export company forsince he was thirty 3. I have studied English  forsince four years  4. Jenny has eaten  five hamburgers  forsince  7pm 5. My parents have been married  forsince  twenty years  6.  I have known my best friend  forsince I met him at high school 7. They have travelled in the USA forsince  one month 8. The boys have played tennis forsince two hours 9. Kevin has been in Greece  forsince   July  10. My  brother has  drunk beer  forsince two hours  11. I haven't eaten anything  forsince lunch    III° Make sentences using      FOR   or  SINCE    ex: How long have you studied German ? ( 2004)   I have studied German  since 2004   1)How long have you lived in Paris ?  ( five years) 2) How long have you played football ? ( two years) 3) How long has Helen known Paul ? ( February ) 4) How long  has Jim been on holiday ? ( Saturday)