Exercises with for since and ago Grammar Structures

1. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR

2. FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN

3. TEMA: FOR, SINCE AND AGO INTEGRANTES:Almeida Jorge LuisMéndez Karem EstefaníaSantana Ana Monserrate

4. FOR We use FOR to say how long.

5. We use for + a period of time:past now For three days Tuesday Wednesday Monday

6. Three days An hour A week A month Five year Ten minutes Two hours Four weeks Six months A long time

7. Examples: Rachel is in Brazil. She has been there for three days. Eduardo has been in Canada for six month. We’ve been waiting for two hours. I’ve lived in Chicago for a long time.

8. SINCE FOR TIME

9. We often use since when talking about time: Past Now since + point A point is a precise moment in time, for example: 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday. Since means "from a point in the past until now." Since is normally used with perfect tenses. We use SINCE + thestart of theperiod (Monday / 9 o`clock ) SinceMonday Monday

10. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

12. He has been working since he arrived.

15. We`ve been waiting since 9 o´clock (=from 9 o´clock to now)

19. Exercises 09. We had to buy a new washing machine a couple of days .......................10. That politician has been talking ....................... six hours.11. I haven't had a cigarette ....................... I gave up on my birthday last year.12. I was waiting ....................... only a few minutes.13. He has been eating in that expensive restaurant ever ....................... he got his new job.14. I left the firm two years .......................