Prepare 3 Unit 15 (Present perfect with for and since)

Prepare 3 Unit 15

(Present perfect with for and since)

By iman jazzie

Multiple Choice

How do we make the Present Perfect tense?

• S + have/has + V1

• S + have/has + V2

• S + have/has + V3

• S + had + V3

Multiple Choice

How do we use the Present Perfect tense?

• There is always a connection between the past and the present.

• There is always a connection between the present and the Future.

• There is always a connection between the past and the Future.

• There is no connection between the past and the present.

Open Ended

Make one sentence.

Present Perfect for continuing situation

​For and Since with Present Perfect tense

We often use the Present Perfect to talk about a continuing situation. This state started in the past and continues in the present. This is a situation (not an action). We usually use for or since with this structure.

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Present Perfect for continuing situation

​Connection with the past: the situation started in the past.

Connection with the present: the situation continues in the present.

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For and Since with Present Perfect tense

​We often use for and since with perfect tenses:

• We use for to talk about a period of time:

• five minutes, two weeks, six years

• We use since to talk about a point in past time:

• 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday

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For and Since with Present Perfect tense

for	since
a period of time	a point in past time
- - - - - - - - - - - -	- • - - - - - - - - - -
20 minutes	6.15pm
three days	Monday
6 months	January
4 years	1994
2 centuries	1800
a long time	I left school
ever	the beginning of time
etc	etc

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For and Since with Present Perfect tense

​Look at these example sentences using for and since with the Present Perfect tense:

• I have been here for twenty minutes.

• I have been here since 9 o'clock.

• John hasn't called for six months.

• John hasn't called since February.

• He has worked in New York for a long time.

• He has worked in New York since he left school.

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For and Since with Present Perfect tense

For can be used with all tenses.

Since is usually used with perfect tenses only.

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