Intermediate Grammar Project

PRESENT PERFECT WITH SINCE AND FOR

When we use since or for in Present Perfect?

We use since/for ONLY when we talk about a specified time: when at the beginning the time is said, and it is focus on duration.

✦ ˚ * ✦ * ˚ ✦ SINCE ✦ ˚ * ✦ * ˚ ✦

It is used when the specific time about an event started.

USE SINCE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT

• year (1900, 2009)
• season
• day of the week
• month
• last + week, month or year
  
  
  

 

Example

• Since this morning
• Since last week
• Since yesterday

✦ ˚ * ✦ * ˚ ✦ FOR ✦ ˚ * ✦ * ˚ ✦

It is used for the length of time since something started.

 

USE FOR WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 

• a day
• week
  
  
  
• month
• year numbers (2,3,5,10…)

 

Example

• for three years
• for a week
• for a month
• for hours

SUMMARY

EXAMPLES WITH PRESENT PERFECT

◈ Delilah has been a teacher since 2000.

◈ Cesar, Thomas and Robert have lived in that apartment for 5 years. 

◈ Jimmy hasn't visited his grandparents for three months.

◈ Olive and I have not played basketball since last week.

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REFERENCES
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             Del Inglés, L. M. (s. f.). Gramática inglesa. Preposiciones principales en inglés. La Mansión del Inglés. http://www.mansioningles.com/gram50.htm

             Admin. (2021). Using FOR and SINCE in present perfect, example sentences. GrammarSimple.Com. https://grammarsimple.com/grammar/using-for-and-since-in-present-perfect-example-sentences/