FOR and SINCE

MS. STELLA CASTRO

 SINCE
Since or For

X X

FOR

 We use since to express the beginning of the period of time of an event.

 We use for to express the lenght (duration) of this event.

SINCE

X X

He has studied since two o’clock.

 X X

FOR

He has studied for two hours and fifteen minutes.

SINCE

X X

He has been here since six o´clock.

 X X

FOR

He has been here for about two hours.

He has had his cowboy doll
since he was a young kid.

He has had his cowboy doll for

more than eleven years.