"How long? , For and Since with Present Perfect"

4^th – 6^th November, 2014

Hello everybody!

Last week we learnt how to use present perfect with how long, for and since.

·         We use present perfect to talk about general experiences in the past.

Another use of this tense is to talk about ‘duration’, that is, to say how long something has been happening.                         

                        She has lived in the countryside since 2005
                        She has lived in the countryside for nine years

                                                                                          
       2005                                                                             2014
Moved to the countryside                                           Lives in the countryside

Use of the prepositions, for, since, ago with present perfect or past simple.

• Since is only used with perfect tenses.

He’s lived in Madrid since 2006.

• Ago is only used with past simple.

He moved to Madrid 8 years ago.

•  For can be used with both tenses but the meaning of the sentences is different.

He lived in Santander for six years.            He doesn’t live in Santander.

He’s lived in Santander for six years.         He’s probably living in Santander now.

How to greet someone you haven't seen for ages

             Exercises with for and since

And we listened and practised pronunciation with the song by Jigsaw. We also tried to translate it so as to know what the song was about.

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