Present perfect with FOR and SINCE

Present perfect with FOR and SINCE

Study the grammar box.

Which set of words and phrases we use with "for"? Which do we use with "since"?

A: two o'clock yesterday Monday

last weekend 1958

B: five minutes a few hours a long time

two weeks three years

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Which set of words and phrases we use with "for"? Which do we use with "since"?

A: two o'clock, yesterday, Monday,

last weekend, 1958

B: five minutes, a few hours, a long time,

two weeks, three years

• A: for B: since

• A: since B: for

Remember!

"Since" refers to a point in time. (punkt w czasie)

"For" refers to a period of time. (okres czasu)

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Nobody has seen him ........ last Friday.

• for

• since

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It has been foggy .... a few days.

• for

• since

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He has been fishing ..... six o'clock.

• for

• since

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They have lived in France .... eight years.

• for

• since

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The pilots have been on strike ...... two months.

• for

• since

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We've had terrible weather .... Saturday.

• for

• since