Present perfect + for & since

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PRESENT PERFECT + FOR & SINCE

LESSON 9B

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REMINDER

PRESENT PERFECT

We use present perfect:

Subject + have / has + past participle of the verb We use the present perfect: for something that started in the past and continues in the present:

• They've been married for nearly fifty years.
• She has lived in Liverpool all her life.

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when to use

for & since

FOR

• He lived in Oxford for 3 years and then he moved. (completed past)

We use for with a period of time in the past, present or future.

• They’ve lived in Oxford for a couple of months. (began in the past and continues into the present)

For refers to periods of time (e.g. 3 years, 4 hours, ages, a long time, months, years).

• We’re going to stay in Oxford for three days and then we’re going to London for a day. (future plans)

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when to use

for & since

SINCE

We use since with a point in time in the past.

Since gives the starting point of actions, events or states. It refers to when things began.

• I play the piano since I was a child.
• I have taught at this school since 2018.
• They have been married since 1980.

• Since this morning, since last week, since yesterday, SINCE 1985.

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for vs. since

conceptual map

present perfect + for & since

Using the present perfect, we can define a period of time before now by considering its duration, with for + a period of time, or by considering its starting point, with since + a point in time. FOR and SINCE can also both be used with the past perfect. SINCE can only be used with perfect tenses. FOR can also be used with the simple past.

PRACTICE

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Present perfect with FOR:She has lived here for twenty years. We have taught at this school for a long time. Alice has been married for three months. They have been at the hotel for a week. Present perfect with SINCE: She has lived here since 1980. We have taught at this school since 1965. Alice has been married since March 2nd. They have been at the hotel since last Tuesday.

For + a period of time:for six years, for a week, for a month, for hours, for two hours. I have worked here for five years. Since + a point in time: since this morning, since last week, since yesterday, since I was a child, since Wednesday, since 2 o'clock I have worked here since 1990.

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