ACTIVITY 2
PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE
Nombre: Xiomara Alexandra Galindo Trujillo
. Complete the second sentence in each pair of sentences so that it means the same as the first.
Use ago, for and since.
a. My boyfriend went away in January.
b. My boyfriend has been away since January.
c. This restaurant opened six months ago.
d. This restaurant has been here for six months.
e. I started this job in June.
f. I’ve worked here since June.
g. We bought this car five months ago.
h. We’ve had this car since five months.
i. Ali left on Tuesday.
j. I haven’t seen Ali for Tuesday.
k. I haven’t lived in that flat for two years.
l. I left that flat two years since .
3. Fill in the spaces in these sentences with either "for" or "since".
a. For the dentist took out that tooth of mine, it's been painful. I should go back to her.
b. You have worked well For the morning coffee break. Well done!
c. You've been eating chips since the whole of this film. Are you a little hungry?
d. I've been coming to this swimming pool For over ten years.
e. Those two have been married since 1985. They are the happiest couple I know.
f. I've had this diamond necklace For a very long time.
g. Are you still unemployed? You've been without a job For you decided to resign from that accountancy
firm.
h. Mr. Gomez has been the Prime Minister Since Mrs. Gonzalez-Panis resigned in the spring.
i. Your sister has studied For longer than any other student in her class for this exam.
j. Since I was born, I have always had one arm longer than the other. The doctors can't explain it!
3. WRITING AND SPEAKING – SURVEY: Find Someone Who… For and
since
This chart is for you to gather information about who. On the left side of the paper, there are eight
questions given, and there are two spaces for you to write. On the right. There are 10
columns labelled with S1, S2, so on. You should write your partner’s name you have chosen to
ask, then you should report the results.
Student’s
QUESTI
ON Name
S S S S S S S S S S1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
I. Who has studied English for X X X X X X X
more than three years?
II. Who has lived in Bogota for - - - - - - - - - -
about a year?
III. Who has ridden a camel? - - - - - - - - - -
IV. Who has worn glasses X X X
since secondary school?
V. Who has had a pet X X X X X X X
since childhood?
VI. Who has been awake since four - - - - - - - - - -
o´clock this morning?
VII. Who has gone to the movies - - - - - - - - - -
for the last two weekends?
VIII Who has arrived home late since - - - - - - - - - -
. Monday?
IX. Who has played soccer in the for X X X - - - X X - -
last week?
X. who has worked in for bank the - - - - - - - - - -
republic the Colombia?
Survey’s Results:
I. 70 % have English for more than three years.
II. O % have in Bogota for about a year.
III. O % have glasses for secondary school.
IV. 30 % have since a pet childhood.
V. 70 % have since awake four o´clock this morning.
VI. 0 % have to the movies the last two weekends.
VII. 0 % have home late Monday.
VII.0 % have .
IX. 50 % has played soccer in the for last week .
X. 0 % has worked in the fot bank the republic the
colombia .
Complete these questions with the past participles of the verbs in the box. Then answer
the questions.
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Have you ever . . .
1. been on television? No, I haven’t.
2. ridden a horse? Yes, I have
3. eaten Indian food? No, I haven’t
4. met a famous person? No, I haven’t
5. flown in ahelicopter? No, I haven’t
6. found money in the street? Yes, I have
Use the words and phrases to write information questions in the present perfect.
1. How long / you / be / out of college?
How long have you been out of college?
2. Where / you / travel / to?
Where you to travel ?
3. How many people / she / invite?
How many she people invite?
4. Who / be / to China?
Who to be china?
5. Why / you / choose / that book?
Why you that book choose?
6. How long / Larry / live / there?
How long there live larry?
7. What / you / prepare / for lunch?
What you for prepare lunch?
8. How much money / you / spend / this week?
How much money you this week spend?
1. I spent (spend) too much money today.
2. Tina forgotten (forget) her backpack again.
3. I I haven’t. (not have) a routine checkup yet.
4. Both doctors taken (take) my blood pressure already.
5. Christopher suffered (suffer) from allergies until this year.
6. The hospital x -rayed (x-ray) the patient’s leg twice already.
7. Rob and Fred fallen off (fall off) their motorbikes many times.
8. Carol and I sprained (not sprain) our ankles.
Complete these time expressions and time clauses with for or since.
1. for three days
2. since 3 o’clock
3. Since a long time
4. FOR a moment
5. FOR last month
6. FOR a month
7. since he was a boy
8. since 1988
Complete the blanks with the Present Perfect of the verbs in brackets and circle the correct option.
1. I built ( build ) six model cars FOR / SINCE last Christmas.
2. i you seen ( see ) Mary and Tom FOR / SINCE Tuesday, Alan ?
3. Mandy played ( not play ) the violin FOR / SINCE two weeks.
4. My father had ( have ) his butterfly collection FOR / SINCE last June.
5. We been ( be ) members of this club FOR / SINCE 1998.
6. Sam bougth ( not buy ) any new video games FOR / SINCE three months.
