PRESENT PERFECT FOR AND SINCE EMPOWER B1 CAMBRIDGE LESSON 8

PRESENT perfect for and since

EMPOWER B1 LESSON 8 CAMBRIDGE

20XX

8b

Podemos utilzar el presente perfecto con for y sicnce para describir una situacion que empezo en el pasado y que sigue ahora.En oraciones positivas, usamos el presente simple con for y since con verbos particulares los cuales describan cosas que son normalmente verdaderas o concretas por un espacio de tiempo largo. live, work, know, have, be, like love, hate, enjoy, own, etc.

F O R

Utilizamos for para describir un periodo de tiemo. I've known him for a few days. (I met him a few days ago) We

S I N C E

Utilizamos since para hablar de fechas especificas.I've had this T-shirt since 2017 A veces utilizamos un verbos en pasado simple despues de since. I've loved tennis since I was a child. (I was a child when I started liking tennis, and I still like it .

ask for a period of time

Para hacer preguntas utilizamos el presente perfecto y se usa HOW LONG...? How long have you lived here? A: Since I was a child B: For about ten years.

TIPS . . .

T I P 2

t i p 1

• No usamos el presente simple para hablar de periodos de tiempo hasta ahora.

- How long have you known each other?NO How long do you know eachother?

• No usamos el presente perfecto para periodos de tiempo que ya terminaron. Usamos el pasado simple para ello (with, for, from....to)

- I lived here for two years / from 2016 to 2018 NO I've lived there from 2016 to 2018.

Tambien se puede utilizar all my/your life: I've always hated cheese / I've hated cheese all my life.

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