ACTIVITY 2

PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE

I. 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 ___________ January.

c. This restaurant opened six months ago.

d. This restaurant has been here ______six months.

e. I started this job in June.

f. I’ve worked here ________ June.

g. We bought this car five months ago.

h. We’ve had this car ________ five months.

i. Ali left on Tuesday.

j. I haven’t seen Ali _________ Tuesday.

k. I haven’t lived in that flat for two years.

l. I left that flat two years ___________.

3. Fill in the spaces in these sentences with either "for" or "since".

a. _________ the dentist took out that tooth of mine, it's been painful. I should go back to her.
b. You have worked well _________ the morning coffee break. Well done!
c. You've been eating chips _______ the whole of this film. Are you a little hungry?
d. I've been coming to this swimming pool _______ over ten years.
e. Those two have been married ________1985. They are the happiest couple I know.
f. I've had this diamond necklace ________ a very long time.
g. Are you still unemployed? You've been without a job _______ you decided to resign from that
accountancy firm.
h. Mr. Gomez has been the Prime Minister ________ Mrs. Gonzalez-Panis resigned in the spring.
i. Your sister has studied ________ longer than any other student in her class for this exam.
j. _________ 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.

QUESTION
Student’s Name
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10
I. Who has studied English for 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 since
secondary school?
V. Who has had a pet 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. Your Question:

X. Your Question:

Survey’s Results:
I. __________ % have ________ English _______ more than three years.
II. __________ % have ________ in Bogota _______ about a year.
III. __________ % have ________ glasses ________ secondary school.
IV. __________ % have ________ a pet _______ childhood.
V. __________ % have ________ awake ________ four o´clock this morning.
VI. __________ % have ________ to the movies ________ the last two weekends.
VII. __________ % have ________ home late __________ Monday.
VII. __________ % have _____________________________.
IX. __________ % _________________________________.
X.___________ % _________________________________.
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’tt.
2. a horse?
3. Indian food?
4. a famous person?
5. in a helicopter?
6. money in the street?

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?

3. How many people / she / invite?

4. Who / be / to China?

5. Why / you / choose / that book?

6. How long / Larry / live / there?

7. What / you / prepare / for lunch?

8. How much money / you / spend / this week?

 1. I ______________________________ (spend) too much money today.
2. Tina __________________________ (forget) her backpack again.
3. I _______________________________ (not have) a routine checkup yet.
4. Both doctors ________________________ (take) my blood pressure already.
5. Christopher _________________________ (suffer) from allergies until this year.
6. The hospital ____________________________ (x-ray) the patient’s leg twice already.
7. Rob and Fred __________________________ (fall off) their motorbikes many times.
8. Carol and I ____________________________ (not sprain) our ankles.

Complete these time expressions and time clauses with for or since.
1. for three days
2. 3 o’clock
3. a long time
4. a moment
5. last month
6. a month
7. he was a boy
8. 1988

Complete the blanks with the Present Perfect of the verbs in brackets and circle the correct option.

1. I _____________ ( build ) six model cars FOR / SINCE last Christmas.

2. ____________ you ___________ ( see ) Mary and Tom FOR / SINCE Tuesday, Alan ?
3. Mandy ___________________ ( not play ) the violin FOR / SINCE two weeks.
4. My father ____________________ ( have ) his butterfly collection FOR / SINCE last June.
5. We ____________________ ( be ) members of this club FOR / SINCE 1998.
6. Sam ________________ ( not buy ) any new video games FOR / SINCE three months.