GRAMMAR: THE PRESENT PERFECT: FOR AND

SINCE.
Use for and since to describe periods of time that began in the past. Use
for to describe a lenght of time since something started. Use since with a
specific time or date in the past.
Examples.
Sentences with: “since” or “for”.
1. 1. My parents have lived in the same house for 20 years.
2. 2. The company has made the same product since 1925.
3. 3. The studied for a test for 7 hours.
4. 4. The U.S has been a country since 1776.
 Present Perfect Continuous
Sub+Have / Has been + VERB-ing
Is used to refer to: Unfinished actions, that is, they started in the
I past and continue in the present
She
you HAVE HAS
He
we It
they
 Examples
Affirmative Sentences ( sub+ Have/Has been + Verb- ING)
They have been talking for three hours.
She has been running.
Negative Sentences ( Sub+ Have/Has +not + been +verb-ING)
You haven’t been working
We have not been talking for more than two hours
Interrogative Sentences ( Have/ Has+ sub+been + verb-ING +
?)
Have they been talking for a long time?
Have you been waiting long?
 Would rather
Use would rather : Would rather = ´d
rather

To talk about preferences between two or more activities.

Interrogative (Wh) + would + subject + rather + verb(base form) +

comnplement + ?

Would you rather eat pupusas or hamburgers?

OR
Yes, I´d rather.
YES/NO QUESTIONS No, I´d rather not.

Would you rather play soccer?

Affirmative Subject + would rather + verb (base form) + complement.

I would rather eat pupusas. DO NOT SAY I would rather to eat pupusas.
I´d rather eat pupusas.

Use would rather not :

To express a negative preference.

Negative Subject + would rather not + verb(base form) + complement.

I would rather not eat hamburgers.

I´d rather not eat hamburgers.