2. FOR and SINCE are prepositions which introduce time
expressions. They usually appear with the Present Perfect.
Let's see some examples:
I've lived in Chiclana for three years.
I've lived in Chiclana since 2007.
Which one describes a period of time?
Which one describes the start of a period, that is, a point in
time?
3. Which of these expressions can be used with for? and which
with since?
a long time
1999 I was a child
two weeks
Christmas
Tuesday three o'clock
many years
June the last two years
an hour she started working
4. Grammar for and since
Complete the sentences
with for and since.
I’ve been revisingfor three hours.
for
I’ve been revisingsince last week.
since
We’ve been living in Bilbao since 2004.
since
We’ve been living in Bilbao for a few years.
for
