Since ve For Konu Anlatımı

Son güncelleme: 14.03.2012 23:32
  • since ve for örnekleri - ingilizce for nasıl kullanılır - ingilizce since kullanımıSince and for both introduce periods of time. Since refers to the time period when something began. For is used to express the duration, or length, of the activity.

    Examples:

    We have been living in San Francisco for ten years.
    We have been living in San Francisco since 1996.

    I'll be in Paris for a week.
    I've been in London since last Tuesday, and I'm leaving tomorrow.

    Expressions and idioms with since & for:

    Joan has been studying Chinese for ages and she still doesn't speak it well!
    (for ages = for a very long time!)

    We'll be staying in this apartment for the time being.
    (for the time being = for now; for a while)

    Since when do you wear cologne to school?
    (since when = when did you start doing that?)

    Ever since you told me that Cindy likes to gossip, I haven't told her anything.
    (ever since = starting when; since the time when)


    FOR OR SINCE

    1 I haven't been to Italy 10 years.

    2 She has lived in Paris January.

    3 Jim has studied three hours. Now he is tired.

    4 My friend has been ill a long time.

    5 It has been raining more than four days.

    6 I haven't seen him Eastern.

    7 He hasn't had a holiday last summer.

    8 He hasn't done any work a month.

    9 We have had this car 1998.

    10 We have been here two hours.

    11 She hasn't written Christmas.

    12 Carol hasn't eaten meat ages.

    13 We worked in his office three years.

    14 how long have they lived here?

    15 I haven't spoken to her our quarrel.

    FOR OR SINCE

    1 Nobody has seen him last Friday.

    2 It has been foggy some days.

    3 He has been fishing six o'clock.

    4 They've been living in France eight years.

    5 The pilots have been on strike two months.

    6 We've had terrible weather Saturday.

    7 I've known Tom 1990.

    8 We have been waiting for the bus half an hour.

    9 She hasn't lost a match April.

    10 Things have changed she's become headmaster.

    11 The police has been looking for him a month.

    12 Our dog has been ill two days.

    13 I've been looking for this book a long time.

    14 I've been working I got up.

    15 The kettle has been boiling ten minutes

    Complete these PRESENT PERFECT sentences using "for" or "since".

    1. She's very tired. She hasn't slept .

    2. He smells very bad. He hasn't washed ..

    3. That student is very bored. He hasn't had a good teacher

    4. This teacher is very boring. He hasn't taught a good lesson .

    5. I have been studying English verb tenses ..

    6. I haven't spoken my own language .

    7. Those ladies are unhappy. They haven't kissed anybody

    8. I am very thirsty. ..

    9. How long have you been learning English? .

    10. How long have you been living in England? .

    Fill in the spaces by using for or since.

    1)We've been fishing ______ two hours.
    2)I've been working in this office _______ a month.
    3)They've been living in France _____ 1970.
    4)he has been in prison _____ a year.
    5)I've known that _______ a long time.
    6)That man has been standing there ______ six o'clock.
    7)She has driven the same car ____ 1975.
    8)Things have changed ______ I was a girl.
    9)The kettle has been boiling _______ a quarter of an hour.
    10)The central heating has been on ______ October.
    A) since or for?

    1) two hours

    2) . few minutes

    3) ..12 o'clock

    4) ..five years

    5) Christmas

    6) ..a long time

    7) Sunday

    8) 1997

    9) .years

    10) . I was three years old


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