Present Perfect & Past Simple - 4°

We use the Present Perfect with for and since to talk about unfinished actions, how long we have had or done something.

We use ​ (a)   when we say the beginning of the time period.

We use ​ (b)   when we say the duration of the time period.

• since
• for

Match the following

• two hours

• for

• 2:30

• since

• 2019

• for

• June

• since

• three months

• since

Match the following

• a few weeks

• for

• Friday

• for

• I was 8

• for

• half an hour

• since

• six years

• since

Gina has played the piano ​ (a)   three years.

• for
• since

I've lived in this house ​ (a)   I was born.

• since
• for

We haven't seen you ​ (a)   ages.

• for
• since

Hiro has collected football cards ​ (a)   many years.

• for
• since

Leo and Liam haven't been surfing ​ (a)   last spring.

• since
• for

IS IT PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE?

'Olha's family have lived in Turkey for two years.'

• Present Perfect

• Past Simple

'Rosa broke her arm in 2015.'

• Present Perfect

• Past Simple