TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S How long have you…?

Activity Type Introduction

Grammar and Speaking In this fun present perfect for and since activity, students practice
Activity: forming, asking time expressions with for and since by asking and answering How
and answering questions long have you...? questions in a class survey.
from prompts, controlled
and freer practice Procedure
Tell the students that they are going to practice time expressions
Focus with for and since by conducting a class survey to find out how
long people in the class have been, had, or done certain things.
Present perfect with for
and since
Give each student a copy of the worksheet.
How long have you...?
questions Go through the items on the worksheet and review the vocabulary
with the class.
Time expressions
Elicit the questions the students need to ask by telling them to
change each verb into its past participle form to complete the
Aim question, e.g. 'How long have you been awake?'
To practice time
Students then ask the questions to their classmates.
expressions with for
and since by asking and
Students ask a different question to each classmate and write
answering How long have
their name in the 'Name' column of the worksheet.
you…? questions.
When a classmate replies to a question, they give two answers,
one using the word for and one using the word since. These
Preparation
answers are recorded on the worksheet by the person asking the
Make one copy of the question.
worksheet for each
student. If a question isn't relevant, the student asks another question or
moves on and asks another classmate.

Level When everyone has finished, have a class feedback session.

Pre-intermediate (A2)
Ask students to report back to the class on what they found out
about their classmates using the third person singular, e.g. 'Kim
Time has been awake for four hours. She has been awake since 7
o'clock'.
35 minutes

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S How long have you…?

How long have you… Name For Since

(be) awake?

(study) English?

(know) your best friend?

(be) alive?

(have) your mobile phone?

(work) at your current job?

(live) in this town/city?

(have) your current hairstyle?

(be) single/married?

(have) an email address?

(wear) glasses?

(be) interested in your favourite hobby?

(have) a passport?

(be) able to ride a bicycle?

(have) those shoes / trainers?

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