Grammar-for/since/ago/still/already/yet Present Perfect 3 - For / Since Since and for are both used for situations and actions

that start in the past and continue to the present. For example: - I !e been at home for " hours. - I !e been at home since #$.%%. Since Since is used &iuth a point of time. For example: - I !e li!ed here since 'arch. - I !e been here since (.%% this morning. Since is only used &ith perfect forms such as the Present Perfect) Past Perfect and so on it cannot be used &ith other forms. For example: - I !e studied english since last year - *orrect - I studied / I am studying / I &ill study +nglish since last year - Incorrect Since is also used &ith time clauses. For example: - I !e studied +nglish since I &as at uni!ersiity. - ,e ha!en t seen my family since &e got married. -ote that the main clause uses the Present Perfect) &heras the other clause uses the Past Simple. For For is used &ith a period of time. For example: - I !e li!ed here for ( months. - She s been here for . hours. /nli0e since) for can be used &ith tenses other than perfect tenses. For example: - I li!ed here for ( months - 1his period of time started and ended in the past) it is no& finished. - I &ill li!e here for a year - 1his period of time &ill start and end in the future) it hasn t started yet. - I ha!e li!ed here for a long time - 1his period of time started in the past and continues to the present. It isn t finished yet. +xercise # ,e ha!en t met them222222your birthday. I ha!en t heard from them222222they &ere here.

She has been married22222some years. I ha!en t tal0ed to them22222&e last met you. 3e hasn t &on any race22222+aster. ,e ha!en t been to any party2222three months. I ha!en t tal0ed to her22224anuary. 1hey ha!e been li!ing in this house22many years. I ha!en t recei!ed any letters2222I mo!ed to this place. She has li!ed in that city2222at least t&enty years. 22222$%%. she has been attending this school.

+xercise $ #. $. 3. ". .. 9. 8. 7. (. #%. ##. #$. #3. #". #.. I !e li!ed in 5ienna ..... fi!e years.6 I !e been &aiting ... t&o hours. She s &or0ed here ..... #(78. She s been on holiday ..... t&o &ee0s. .. 'ichael has &or0ed for Siemens ..... fi!e months. 9. ,e !e been married ..... #(89. 8. I !e 0no&n Peter ..... 'onday. 7. ,e !e been &aiting ..... ten minutes. (. I !e had my car ..... 4anuary. #%. I !e been at &or0 ..... ( o cloc0 this morning.

+xercise 3 *ombine the t&o sentences using the present perfect: simple or continuous; and <for< or <since<. #. 1hey started &aiting 3% minutes ago.

1hey are still &aiting.

$. She became a doctor last year. She is still a doctor.

3. 3e started going to this restaurant . years ago. 3e still goes to this restaurant.

". I bought a dog in #((.. I still ha!e a dog.

.. Fred arri!ed at 9 o cloc0. 3e s still here.

9. =lice fell ill at *hristmas. She is still ill.

8. 1he shop opened this morning. It s still open.

7. 3e &ent to Paris a &ee0 ago. 3e s still in Paris.

(. 3e started &atching 1.5. an hour ago. 3e s still &atching 1.5.

#%. 3e finished school in 4une. 3e s still loo0ing for a >ob.

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