9B GRAMMAR  present perfect + for and since

a Complete the conversations with the present perfect form of the verb + for or since if necessary.

have
1 A How long have you had your cat?
B I’ve had him for two months now.

work
two months 2 A 
How long your daughter in
New York?
B 
She there four years. four years

be married
3 A 
How long you ?
B I 1981.

be
1981 4 A 
How long your mum a
journalist?
B 
She a journalist she left
university. she left university

know
5 A 
How long they each other?
B 
They each other 50 years.

live
50 years 6 A 
How long you here?
B 
We here 2006. 2006

have
7 A 
How long you this phobia?
B 
I it about 2010.

about 2010 play

8 A 
How long you for this team?
B 
I for them I was 17.
I was 17
I was 17

b Test your memory. Cover the conversations and look at the pictures.
Can you remember the conversations?

ACTIVATION

Write four sentences about yourself, two with the present perfect + for,
and two with the present perfect + since.
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