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If no one got the right answer, one point is awarded to the student s who gave the closest guess. The students then take it in turns to give their guesses for another group member's first sentence and so on.

The student with the most points at the end of the game wins. For or Since? This imaginative for or since worksheet and game helps to teach students how to use for and since with time words and expressions. Students begin by reviewing the rules for using for and since with time words and expressions. The students then put time words and expressions into the correct for or since column on their worksheet.

Next, give each student a set of for and since cards and have the students stand up. Call out various time words and expressions. After each word or expression has been called out, the students hold up the correct for or since card. If a student holds up the wrong card or is too slow, they are out of the game and must sit down. Before a student sits down, they make a present perfect for or since sentence with the time word or expression they got wrong.

The last student left standing wins the game. For and Since Practice. In this for and since worksheet, students identify and practice the use of for and since to express the duration of an unfinished action or event.

To begin, students write for or since beside time expressions. Next, students match for and since sentence halves together.

Students then complete sentences with for or since. Students then move on to rewrite sentences, changing present perfect sentences with 'for' to present perfect sentences with 'since', or vice-versa. In the last exercise, students answer questions using for or since. For and Since Survey. I've liked chocolate since I was a child. She's been here since 2pm. We use 'for' with a period of time 2 hours, three years, six months. I've known Julie for ten years.

I've been hungry for hours. She's had a cold for a week. Finished Actions 2: Life experience. These are actions or events that happened sometime during a person's life. We don't say when the experience happened, and the person needs to be alive now. We often use the words 'ever' and 'never' here. I have been to Tokyo. They have visited Paris three times. We have never seen that film. The period of time is still continuing. I haven't seen her this month.

She's drunk three cups of coffee today. I've already moved house twice this year! We CAN'T use the present perfect with a finished time word. How long have you known her? We were in the same class at school. Dear Melanie, could you help me with the following question: How long has India been a British colony or: How long was India a British colony?

It is only used with the present perfect if an action started in the past AND continues in the present. You can use BOTH the present perfect continuous for this sentence. Both are equally correct. When we talk about longer-lasting or permanent situations, we often prefer the present perfect. I would like to thank you for all this information. It have helped me. By the way I am Brazilian and I found out your site by chance and now I use it often. Thank you so much for creating this amazing resource for teachers and students alike.

But I have another question. Are they still outcasts? I understand it very well now ,how to use the present perfect tense,thanks so much for your help. You very kind indeed. I started studying French 10 years ago, and I am still studying it now. Please help me. I have lived in Paris for 7 years. I have been a vegetarian since I was a young boy. I have worked for this company for 4 months.



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