ENGLISH Grammer IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE
12. FOR AND SINCE
When….? And How Long ….?
| A | We use for and since to say how long something has been happening. | Nosotros use for + a period of time ( 2 hours, six weeks etc .):  I 've been waiting for ii hours. Emerge has been working here for six months . (not since six months) I oasis't seen Tom for three days . | Nosotros use since + the start of a flow ( eight o'clock, Monday, 1999 etc.): I 've been waiting since 8 o'clock .  Sally has been working here since April . (=from April until at present) I haven't seen Tom since Monday. | Information technology is possible to leave out for (simply not normally in negative sentences): They've been married (for) ten years . (with or without for ) They oasis't had a holiday for ten years. (you must use for ) We do not use for+ all ... ( all mean solar day /all my life etc.): I've lived hither all my life . (non for all my life) Yous can use in instead of for in negative sentences ( I oasis't ... etc.): They haven't had a vacation in x years . (=for ten years) |
| B | Compare when ... ? (+past simple) and how long ... ? (+nowadays perfect) |  A: When did it start raining? B: It started raining an hr agone /at 1 o'clock . A: How Long has it been raining? B: Information technology'due south been raining for an hour /since 1 o'clock . | A: When did Joe and Ballad first meet? B: They first met a long time agone/ when they were at school.  A: How long have they known each other? B: They've known each other for a long time/ since they were at schoolhouse . | |
| C | We say: | or | it's it'southward been | (= it is ) (= information technology has been ) | a long time six months (etc.) | since something happened | Information technology's ii years since I concluding saw Joe. or It's been two years since .. . (= I oasis't seen Joe for two years) It 'south ages since we went to the cinema. Or It's been ages since .. . (= We haven't been to the cinema for ages) How Long is it since Mrs Hill died? or How Long has information technology been since .. . ? (= When did Mrs Hill die?) |
EXERCISES
| 12.1 | Write for or since. | 1 | It'southward been raining ___ since____ lunchtime. | | ii | Sarah has lived in Paris __________ 1995. | | 3 | Paul has lived in Brazil ____________ten years. | | 4 | I'k tired of waiting. We've been sitting here ________ an hour. | | 5 | Kevin has been looking for a job ______________he left school. | | 6 | I oasis't been to a party_____________ ages. | | 7 | I wonder where Joe is. I oasis't seen him _____________ last week. | | viii | Jane is abroad. She's been away _____________Friday. | | 9 | The weather is dry. It hasn't rained ______________a few weeks. | |
| 12.2 | Write questions with how Long and when. | 1 | Information technology's raining. (how long) ____ How long has it been raining? _________ (when)______ When did it offset raining?___________ | | 2 | Kate is learning Japanese. (how long /learn?) _____________________________________________ (when /start?) _____________________________________________ | | 3 | I know Simon. (how long /you /know? _____________________________________________ (when /you /get-go /meet?) _____________________________________________ | | 4 | Rebecca and David are married. (how long?) _____________________________________________ (when?) _____________________________________________ | |
| 12.3 | Read the situations and complete the sentences. | one | It's raining. It'southward been raining since tiffin time. It _____ started raining ______ at lunchtime. | | 2 | Ann and jess are friends. They first met years ago. They've _____ known each other for ____ years. | | 3 | Marking is ill. He became sick on Lord's day. He has ________________Sunday. | | 4 | Mark is sick. He became ill a few days ago. He has ________________ a few days. | | 5 | Sarah is married. She'due south been married for a year. She got ________________ | | vi | You take a headache. It started when y'all woke upwards. I've ________________ I woke up. | | vii | Sue has been in Italia for the last three weeks. She went ________________ | | 8 | You're working in a hotel. You started vi months agone. I've ________________ | |
| 12.iv | Write B's sentences using the words in brackets. | 1 | A: | Do you often go on holiday? | | B: | No, ____ I haven't had a holiday for ______ five years. | | 2 | A: | Exercise you ofttimes come across Laura? | | B: | No, I ______________________ most a month | | iii | A: | Do you oftentimes go to the cinema? | | B: | No, I ____________________ a long fourth dimension. | | 4 | A: | Do yous often consume in restaurants? | | B: | No, ________________________ ages. | Now write B's answers once more. This time use It'southward ... since ... . | v | (1) ____ No, information technology's five years since I had a holiday ___________ | | half-dozen | (2) No, it's _______________________ | | 7 | (3) No, _______________________ | | 8 | (4) _______________________ | |
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