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Grammar in context
Practice the topics we have studied
Question | Answer |
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"For" in the present perfect tense helps us to: | measure a period of time up to the present. |
"Since" in the present perfect tense helps us to: | give a point in time when something started. |
"For" plus | A period of time: For ten years, for six months, etc. |
"Since" plus | A point in time: since 1999, since I was six years old, etc. |
Example: I have lived in this city for... | five years. |
Example: I have played chess since... | 2002. |
Example: My sister has practiced football... | since she was five years old. |
Example: Josue and Gladys have lived in San Miguel... | for ten years. |
We ask “how long” to know about... | an amount of time or the quantity of time for something. |
Complete the sentence: How long have you... | lived in México? |
We make "yes/no" questions to talk about... | experiences in general in someone else's life. |