The document provides instruction and practice on using the present perfect tense with "since" and "for" in English. It defines "since" as referring to a specific point in the past when an action started, and "for" referring to a duration or length of time. Examples are given of filling in "since" or "for" and completing sentences using the terms correctly. Practice questions are also included asking to make sentences using "for" or "since" with provided time frames.

1. Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher

2. Key words for present perfect
• Since and for:
• Since + specific point in the past when the
action started
• For + duration, length of time

3. Practice
1. _______ January
2. _______ 10 years
3. _______ Monday
4. _______ 12 noon
5. _______ I got up
6. _______ 5 minutes
7. _______ a long time ago
8. _______ four days
1. Write since or for ?

4. 9. _______ 6:00
10._______ Wednesday
11._______ a month
12._______ two days ago
13._______ November 1
14._______ 2004
15._______ an hour
16._______ I was young

5. 2. Complete with For or SINCE:
1) I have been a teacher __________ 30
years.
2. Bob has worked in that import export
company __________ he was thirty.
3. I have studied English __________ four
years.
4. Jenny has eaten five
hamburgers __________ 7pm.
5. My parents have been
married __________ twenty years.

6. 6. I have known my best friend__________I
met him at high school
7. They have travelled in the USA __________
one month
8. The boys have played tennis ______ two
hours
9. Kevin has been in Greece __________ July
10. My brother has drunk beer__________
two hours
11. I haven't eaten anything __________
lunch.

7. 3. Make sentences using FOR or SINCE
Example:
How long have you studied German ? ( 2004)
I have studied German since 2004
1)How long have you lived in Paris ? ( five years)
2) How long have you played football? (two years)
3) How long has Helen known Paul ?( February )
4) How long has Jim been on holiday ? ( Saturday)