FOR SINCE

Expresses a period of time or the Expresses when an action started

C1. duration of an activity: establishing a point in the past

FOR Ex: I have studied at the university for 2

years
Ex: I have studied at the university since
2019

& Other time expressions: (Notice the

quantifiers and the plural forms)
Other time expressions:
3:00 pm
A month April 15th
SINCE A long time
72 hours
Friday
June
3 days I was a girl
Three weeks
 Activity:
• Drag and drop the time expressions into the corresponding column.
• Add 4 more ( 2 for/ 2 since) in red.
• Have this document ready for the class.

• A century
• she was born
FOR SINCE • 2010
- A century - She was born • The beginning of
- 2 days - 2010 the class
- Many weeks - the beginning of the class • This morning
- Several months - This morning • 2 days
- A couple of minutes - Last Friday • Last Friday
- December • December
- Two hours - I left school • I left school
- Three years • Many weeks
- We got married • Several months
- The last time we saw each other. • We got married
• A couple of
minutes