FOR SINCE

Expresses a period of time or the Expresses when an action started

FOR duration of an activity: establishing a point in the past

& Ex: I have studied at the university for 2

years
Ex: I have studied at the university since
2019

SINC Other time expressions: (Notice the

quantifiers and the plural forms)
Other time expressions:
3:00 pm
A month April 15th
E A long time
72 hours
Friday
June
3 days I was a girl
Three weeks
Activity:
• Drag and drop the time expressions into the corresponding column.
• Add 4 more ( 2 for/ 2 since) in red.
• Have this document ready for the class.

• A century
• she was born
FOR SINCE • 2010
• The beginning of
the class
• This morning
• 2 days
• Last Friday
• December
• I left school
• Many weeks
• Several months
• We got married
• A couple of
minutes