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Lesson 2 - Since and For With The Present Perfect
Lesson 2 - Since and For With The Present Perfect
Use the vocabulary as a tool to help you make and understand easily the exercises.
VOCABULARY
Each other El uno al oto Chess Ajedrez
Die Morir Dream of Soñar con
Busy Ocupado(a) Construction worker Trabajador de
Negocio High school construcción
Escuela secundaria
Business
Spring break Vacaciones de primavera Spend Pasar - Gastar
Honeymoon Luna de miel The past few months Los últimos meses
About Acerca de - alrededor de - Be on a diet Estar a dieta
Sobre
PART 1 - Writing exercises
Follow the example below, make the questions and complete the answers by taking into account the clue
words. Use Please, use "How long" to make the questions and give long answers with the short form of the
Presente Perfect.
8. You - Be in London
Q:
A: the last 6 years.
Complete the following story by putting in the blanks the missing words. Take into account the given words
to complete the text, some of them might be used more than once.
Remember to put the verb in PAST PARTICIPLE.
Have - has - since - for - have (verb) - work - dream - talk - be - take
Amy and Randy
Amy and Randy (1) _____ lived in New York (2) _____ 1998. Amy works at a university in New
York. She's (3) _____ there (4) _____ three years. She's (5) _____ too busy and tired (6) _____
about five months. Randy is a construction worker. He (7) _____ been in the construction
business (8) _____ he graduated from high school.
It's spring break at the university, so Amy (9) _____ not (10) _____ to work (11) _____ a week
now. She'd like to spend more time with Randy, but he (12) _____ not (13) _____ a vacation (14)
_____ their honeymoon. Amy and Randy have (15) _____ about this (16) _____ the past few
months. Amy has (17) _____ of traveling (18) _____ she was very young, but Randy isn't
interested in visiting new places.
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
PART 3 - Listening exercise
Listen to the audio, then complete the question and give the correct answer according to the previous text.
PLEASE, USE THE SHORT FORM WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT AND GIVE LONG ANSWERS.
Question 1
Q:
A:
Question 2
Q:
A:
Question 3
Q:
A:
Question 4
Q:
A:
Question 5
Q:
A:
Please, use this lines to make some free sentences using the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE, SINCE and
FOR
1.
2.
3.
4.
Use the vocabulary as a tool to help you make and understand easily the exercises.
VOCABULARY
Each other El uno al oto Chess Ajedrez
Die Morir Dream of Soñar con
Busy Ocupado(a) Construction worker Trabajador de
Negocio High school construcción
Escuela secundaria
Business
Spring break Vacaciones de primavera Spend Pasar - Gastar
Honeymoon Luna de miel The past few months Los últimos meses
About Acerca de - alrededor de - Sobre Be on a diet Estar a dieta
Follow the example below, make the questions and complete the answers by taking into account the clue
words. Use Please, use "How long" to make the questions and give long answers with the short form of the
Presente Perfect.
8. You - Be in London
Q: How long have you been in London?
A: I've been in London for the last 6 years.
Complete the following story by putting in the blanks the missing words. Take into account the given words
to complete the text, some of them might be used more than once.
Remember to put the verb in PAST PARTICIPLE.
Have - has - since - for - have (verb) - work - dream - talk - be - take
Amy and Randy
Amy and Randy (1) _____ lived in New York (2) _____ 1998. Amy works at a university in New
York. She's (3) _____ there (4) _____ three years. She's (5) _____ too busy and tired (6) _____
about five months. Randy is a construction worker. He (7) _____ been in the construction
business (8) _____ he graduated from high school.
It's spring break at the university, so Amy (9) _____ not (10) _____ to work (11) _____ a week
now. She'd like to spend more time with Randy, but he (12) _____ not (13) _____ a vacation (14)
_____ their honeymoon. Amy and Randy have (15) _____ about this (16) _____ the past few
months. Amy has (17) _____ of traveling (18) _____ she was very young, but Randy isn't
interested in visiting new places.
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
had for has taken since talked for dreamed since
PART 3 - Listening exercise
Listen to the audio, then complete the question and give the correct answer according to the previous text.
PLEASE, USE THE SHORT FORM WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT AND GIVE LONG ANSWERS.
Question 1
Q: How long have Amy and Randy lived in New York?
A: They've lived in New York since 1998.
Question 2
Q: How long hasn't Amy had to work?
A: She hasn't had to work for a week.
Question 3
Q: Since when has Randy been a construction worker?
A: He's been a construction worker since he graduated from high school.
Question 4
Q: How long have Amy and Randy talked about their vacation?
A: They've talked about that for the last few months.
Question 5
Q: Since when has Amy dreamed of traveling?
A: She's dreamed of traveling since she was very young.
Please, use this lines to make some free sentences using the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE, SINCE and
FOR
1.
2.
3.
4.