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Activity 2

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María Fernanda Valderrama
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DOCENTES:
Martha Elena Munoz Bahamon

PROGRAMA:
Psicología

01 de marzo 2021
 ACTIVITY 2
PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE

. Complete the second sentence in each pair of sentences so that it means the same as the first.
Use ago, for and since.

a. My boyfriend went away in January.

b. My boyfriend has been away Since January.

c. This restaurant opened six months ago.

d. This restaurant has been her for six months.

e. I started this job in June.

f. I’ve worked her since June.

g. We bought this car five month ago.

h. We’ve had this car for five months.

i. Ali left on Tuesday.

j. I haven’t seen Ali since Tuesday.

k. I haven’t lived in that flat for two years.

l. I left that flat two years ago.

3. Fill in the spaces in these sentences with either "for" or "since".

a. Since the dentist took out that tooth of mine, it's been painful. I should go back to her.
b. You have worked well since the morning coffee break. Well done!
c. You've been eating chips for the whole of this film. Are you a little hungry?
d. I've been coming to this swimming pool for over ten years.
e. Those two have been married since 1985. They are the happiest couple I know.
f. I've had this diamond necklace for a very long time.
g. Are you still unemployed? You've been without a job since you decided to resign from that
accountancy firm.
h. Mr. Gomez has been the Prime Minister since Mrs. Gonzalez-Panis resigned in the spring.
i. Your sister has studied for longer than any other student in her class for this exam.
j. Since was born, I have always had one arm longer than the other. The doctors can't explain it!

3. WRITING AND SPEAKING – SURVEY: Find Someone W ho… For

and since
This chart is for you to gather information about who. On the left side of the paper, there are
eight questions given, and there are two spaces for you to write. On the right. There are 10
 columns labelled with S1, S2, so on. You should write your partner’s name you have chosen to
ask, then you should report the results.
Student’s Name
QUESTION
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
I. Who has studied English for more
than three years?
II. Who has lived in Bogota for about a
year?
III. Who has ridden a camel?
IV. Who has worn glasses since
secondary school?
V. Who has had a pet since
childhood?
VI. Who has been awake since four
o´clock this morning?
VII. Who has gone to the movies for the
last two weekends?
VIII. Who has arrived home late since
Monday?
IX. Your Question:

X. Your Question:

Survey’s Results:
I. % have English more than three years.
II. % have in Bogota about a year.
III. % have a camel
IV. have glasses secondary school. V. % have a pet childhood.
VI. % have awake four o´clock this morning.
VII. % have to the movies the last two weekends.
VIII. % have home late Monday.
IX. % have the city t h e holidays.
X. % have at the university more than three years.
Complete these questions with the past participles of the verbs in the box. Then answer
the questions.

be eat find fly meet ride

Have you ever . . .
1. been on television? N o, I h ave n ’tt.

2. Ridden A horse? No, I haven’tt.

3. Eaten Indian food? No, I haven’tt.
4. Met a famous person? Yes, yes I have met
5. Flown in a helicopter? No, I haven’tt.
6. Found money in the street? Yes, yes I found

Use the words and phrases to write information questions in the present perfect.

1. How long / you / be / out of college?

How long have you been out of college?
2. Where / you / travel / to?
Where are you going to travel to?

3. How many people / she / invite?

How many people are you going to invite?

4. Who / be / to China?
Who will be in china?

5. Why / you / choose / that book?

Why did you choose that book?

6. How long / Larry / live / there?

How long has Larry been living there?

7. What / you / prepare / for lunch?

What are you going to prepare for lunch?

8. How much money / you / spend / this week?

How much money do you spend in the week?
 1. I have spent(spend) too much money today.
2. Tina has forgotten (forget) her backpack again.
3. I still have not had (not have) a routine checkup yet.
4. Both doctors have taken (take) my blood pressure already.
5. Christopher has suffered (suffer) from allergies until this year.
6. The hospital has x ray (x-ray) the patient’s leg twice already.
7. Rob and Fred have fallen off (fall off) their motorbikes many times.
8. Carol and I have not sprained (not sprain) our ankles.

Complete these time expressions and time clauses with for or since.
1. for three days
2. Since 3 o’clock
3. For a long time
4. For a moment
5. Since last month
6. For a month
7. Since he was a boy
8. Since 1988

Complete the blanks with the Present Perfect of the verbs in brackets and circle the correct option.

1. I built (build) six model cars FOR / SINCE last Christmas.

2. Have you seen (see) Mary and Tom FOR / SINCE Tuesday, Alan?
3. Mandy play (not play) the violin FOR / SINCE two weeks.

4. My father had (have) his butterfly collection FOR / SINCE last June.
5. We are (be) members of this club FOR / SINCE 1998.
6. Sam won’t buy (not buy) any new video games FOR / SINCE three months.