since and for

Present Perfect Tense With ‘Since’ and ‘For’... Present Perfect TenseI You They We have lived here for 15 years Or since 1991 He She It has... Remember this!• We form the Present Perfec

Present Perfect Tense With ‘Since’ and ‘For’

Present Perfect Tense

I

You

They

We

have

lived here

for 15 years

Or

since 1991

He

She

It

has

Remember this!

• We form the Present Perfect like this:

“ S + has/have + past participle “

• We use present perfect to express things that have happened from the past until now.

• We use “FOR” when we think of the length of a

period time:

…for two years …for 15 minutes

• We use “SINCE” when we think of the starting point

in the past:

…since 1992 …since two days ago

Past participle

Play

Live

Study

Cook

Listen

Work

Try

Played Lived Studied Cooked Listened Worked Tried

Eat Write Sleep Speak Buy

Drive

Eaten Written Slept

Spoken Bought Driven

Regular: Irregular:

Change these words into past

participle!

CLIMB

EAT

SLEEP BLOW

RUN

How long have you lived in Bali?

I have lived in Bali since 2001/for 5

years

How long have

you been a

dancer?

I have been a

dancer since I was

5 years old

We have been

married for three years

He has joined

swimming club since

he was 10 years old.

I have lived in this house since 2005

Let’s try this

guys!

How long has S ylve st e r

be e n t he e ne my of Twe e t y?

This is very

easy!

How long have you le arne d karat e ?

You’re great today!

See you

soon….bye….!!!!!!