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    Present Perfect:

    6 Since and For

    Bill Gates and


    Microsoft

    Focus on Grammar 3
    Part IV, Unit 16
    By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
    Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
    Who Is Bill Gates?
    Bill Gates is one of the richest and most
    successful business executives in the world.
    Millions of people have used his computer
    programs for the past three decades.

    Bill Gates has always loved working with


    computers. In fact, he has programmed
    computers since his early teens.

    He has been the CEO of Microsoft Corporation


    since 1975. Since then, Bill Gates has written
    several books and has given billions of dollars to
    schools. For the last several years, he and his
    wife Melinda have donated a substanial amount
    of money to organizations working in global
    health.
    Form 1

    The present perfect is formed with:

    form of past
    have
    + participle

    Bill Gates has been the CEO since 1975.


    Many people have used Microsoft’s programs.
    Form 2

    Past participles can be regular or irregular.

    The regular form of the past participle is


    base form of verb + -d or -ed.

    Gates has always loved


    working with computers.
    Form 3

    Past participles can be regular or irregular.

    There are many


    irregular past participles.

    Gates has been the CEO since 1975.

    He and his wife have given lots of money to schools.


    Form 4

    Note these common irregular past participles.

    write – written
    give – given
    be – been
    see – seen
    read – read
    do – done
    Present Perfect
    Use the present perfect to talk about something that
    began in the past and continues into the present (and
    may continue into the future).

    Bill Gates has been CEO of Microsoft since


    since1975.
    1975.
    now

    past future
    has been CEO

    1975
    Using Since 1

    Use the present perfect with since + point in time


    to show when something started.

    Bill Gates has written several books since


    since 1975.
    1975.

    now

    past future
    has written several books

    1975
    Using Since 2

    Since can also introduce a time clause.

    time clause

    Gates has programmed computers since


    since he
    he was
    was 13
    13 years
    years old.
    old.
    now

    past future
    has programmed computers

    age 13
    Change the sentences to present
    Practice 1 perfect. Add the since phrase in
    parentheses and delete any past
    tense time phrases.

    Example: Maria was in the garden yesterday. (since 9 a.m.)


    Maria has been in the garden since 9 a.m.

    Bill Gates
    1. Bill Gates wrote
    has written
    many many
    emailsemails since(since
    yesterday. 1975.1975)

    They gave
    2. They have agiven
    lot ofabooks
    lot of books to schools
    to schools since
    last year. 1990.
    (since 1990)

    3. II saw
    havemany
    seen friends
    many friends since I came
    last weekend. (since home.
    I came home)

    My sister
    4. My sister read
    has read
    manymany articles
    articles since last
    last night. August.
    (since last August)

    My friend
    5. My friend worked
    has worked at a pizza
    at a pizza placeplace since
    a year ago.2003.
    (since 2003)
    Using For

    Use for + length of time to show how long


    something has lasted.

    Millions of people have used Gates’s


    software for three
    for the last the last three decades.
    decades.
    now

    for three decades


    past future
    have used Gates’s software
    Since and For

    Note the difference between since and for .

    since + point in for + length of


    time time

    five o’clock ten minutes


    yesterday two days
    last summer three decades
    1996 many years
    he was a child a long time
    Complete the sentences with
    Practice 2 since or for.

    Example:
    Bill Gates has been married to Melinda
    since
    French Gates ___________ 1994.

    for
    1. Computers have been used in schools __________ more
    than a decade.
    since
    2. I have had a computer in my office __________ the mid-
    1990s.
    for
    3. Many students have worked with computers __________
    many years.
    4. My computer hasn’t given me any problems __________
    since
    last year.
    References

    Copyright © 2006 Pearson Education and


    its licensors. All rights reserved.

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