FOR

AND
SINCE
 Marisa

USE FOR AND SINCE

WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT TIME.
FOR
A PERIOD IS A FOR MEANS:
DURATION OF TIME, FROM THE
FOR EXAMPLES: BEGINNING OF THE
TEN MINUTES
+ ONE HOUR
PERIOD TO THE END
OF THE PERIOD.
PERIOD OF FOUR WEEKS
THREE MONTHS
TIME TWO
SEMESTERS
SEVEN YEARS
EXAMPLES
I HAVE BEEN WORKING AS AN ENGLISH
TEACHER FOR 7 YEARS.

MY GRANDPA HAS LIVED WITH US FOR

MORE THAN 12 YEARS.
 SINCE
+
SINCE SPECIFIC TIME
USE SINCE FOR A PRECISE MOMENT IN
TIME, EXAMPLES:
7 O'CLOCK
JANUARY THIRD
2019
FRIDAY
ANOTHER SPECIFIC MOMENT IN
THE PAST I WAS A CHILD

SINCE MEANS "FROM A POINT IN THE

PAST UNTIL NOW".
EXAMPLES

HER COUSIN
I HAVE BEEN SHE HAS ACTED
HAS TEXTED ME
STUDYING IN FOR DISNEY
ON WHATSAPP
THE COLLEGE SINCE SHE WAS
SINCE LAST
SINCE 2014. 7 YEARS OLD.
MONDAY.