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Grammar

Lesson objectives

In this lesson students will:

  • use the present perfect with for and since

  • make questions using How long ...?

The answer of Exercise 1.

  1. superstitions have been part of sport since it began.

  2. Some footballers have worn the same pair of socks for many weeks.

time expressions with since

last week, 10th June , 1995, my birthday, she was a student

time expressions with for

five minutes, a few days, many years, a long time

Revise the preposition since and for.

Try out the quiz below.

How long does it take from Segamat to JB?

It takes about two and a half hour.

How long has John been a trainer?

He's been a trainer for ten years.

He's been a trainer since 2010.

The answers of exercise 4.

e.g. How long have you been at this school?

  1. How long have you had a mobile phone?

  2. How long have you lived in your town?

  3. How long have your parents known each other?

  4. How long have computers existed?

The answers of exercise 6.

  1. 's What has happened? or What's happened?

  2. won

  3. been

  4. for

  5. have you

  6. since

  7. sent

  8. 've got

  9. played.