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“FOR AND SINCE”

(PRESENT PERFECT)
We use FOR and SINCE to say how long something has been happening.

FOR + PERIOD OF TIME

FOR is a preposition of time that indicates the duration of an action.
Example:

They have been in Berlin for 3 days.

We can use for in different tenses, and it frequently appears together with
the present perfect simple and the present perfect progressive.

Examples:

They have been in Berlin for 3 days. (present perfect simple)

We have been travelling for 6 months. (present perfect progressive)

Claire lived in Paris for 2 years. (past simple)

For is followed by time period, e.g. an hour, 2 days, 10 years etc.

TEACHER: DENNIS CONDORI ESPILCO

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SINCE + POINT IN TIME

SINCE shows us the fixed point when an action started.

Example:

They have been in Berlin since Friday.

They arrived in Berlin on Friday.
We cannot use SINCE with time periods, we only use SINCE with a fixed
time point, such as yesterday, last week, the 12th of March etc.

Example:

They have been waiting since 7 o’clock in the morning.

We use SINCE with the present perfect simple or the present perfect
progressive to show when an action began.

Example:

They have wanted to visit Berlin SINCE their last trip. (present perfect
simple)

Mr and Mrs Clarke have been shopping SINCE this morning. (present
perfect progressive)

TEACHER: DENNIS CONDORI ESPILCO