English IV – Lesson 1.

English Level 4
Lesson 1.1
Activities

Actividad de práctica 1.1 FOR / SINCE

1.1 I HAVE BEEN TO PARIS!

FOR and SINCE are used to express time

 FOR denotes the whole period of time ( duration) :

for one year - for two weeks - for a long time - for three months

 SINCE only shows the moment when the action :

started ( a specific time) since last Monday since I was born -

examples:

For/since
The words for and since are used in sentences where the speaker wants to talk
about something that started in the past and continues into the present.

For is used when specifying the amount of time (how long):

 I've had this watch for more than 40 years.

 I've only known her for a few weeks.
 He's been here for 6 months and still can't speak a word of German.
 She's been smoking for a long time. No wonder she coughs so much!

Since is used when specifying the starting point:

 I've had this watch since 1965.

 I've only known her since the beginning of last week.
 He's been here since April and he still can't speak a word of German.
 She's been smoking since she started grade 5. No wonder she coughs so
much!
Note: The present perfect or present perfect continuous are needed in such
sentences. It is wrong to say:

- I know her for two years.

- I know her since 2006.

Exercise 1:

Choose and underline the best answer:

1 - FOR/SINCE six weeks.

2 - FOR/SINCE Sunday.

3 - FOR/SINCE this morning.

4 - FOR/SINCE a long time.

5 - FOR/SINCE breakfast time.

6 - FOR/SINCE 1967.

Exercise 2:

Complete the following exercise with FOR or SINCE.

1- Nobody has come to see us since we bought this small house.

2- She has been a doctor since 1998.

3- Nobody has seen her since then.

4- They have all been ill since last week.

5- Peter went to the library. He has studied there for a long time.

6- It has been very foggy since early morning.

7- I’ve worked with you for nine years.

8- He has been in prison for two years.

9- She has worked in that office for a month.

10- He hasn’t eaten anything for twenty-four hours.

11- He hasn’t eaten anything since yesterday.

12- They haven’t spoken to us since we were at school.

13- I haven’t talked to her since my birthday.

14- She’s been ill for years.

15- I’ve been very patient with you for several years.

16- I’ve had this job for three months

17- I’ve known her since we both studied in London.

18- We’ve lived in Germany since 1997

19- They’ve had this car since April.

20- Things have changed since I was in your house.