Level IV

Unit 7
Present Perfect and Past Simple

Simple Past
Irregular verbs: see 2nd column of
Irregular verbs
Example:
I spoke
Regular verbs: infinitive + ed
Example:
I worked

Present Perfect Simple

Irregular verbs: form of 'have' + 3rd column of
Irregular verbs
Example:
I / you / we / they have spoken
he / she / it has spoken
Regular verbs: form of 'have' + infinitive + ed
Example:
I / you / we / they have worked
he / she / it has worked

Present Perfect and Past Simple Exercise 1

Present Perfect and Past Simpe Exercise 2

For and Since

The use of FOR
We use FOR when we measure the duration when we say how long something lasts.
For + a period of time
To measure a period of time up to the present, we use the present perfect tense and not
the present tense.
I have known her for a long time. (Correct)
I know her for a long time. (Incorrect)
I have lived here for ten years. (Correct)
I live here for ten years. (Incorrect)

The use of SINCE

Since gives the starting point of actions, events or states. It refers to when things began.
Since + a point in time (in the past), until now.

I've been waiting since 7 o'clock.

I have known him since January.
With since we use the present perfect tense or the past perfect tense.
I have been here since 5 o'clock and I am getting tired.
I had been working since 5 o'clock and I was getting tired.
FOR VS SINCE
Look at a summary of the contrast between FOR and SINCE.
FOR to mention a specific period (or SINCE to mention the starting point of a period of
duration) of time.
time (continues to now).
I have been a doctor for fifteen
years. (duration = 15 years)

I have been a doctor since 1992. (starting point =

1994)

She has been a mother for six

months.

She has been pregnant since her first child was

born.

My sister has lived in Frankfurt for

nine months.

My sister has lived in Frankfurt since the

beginning of March.

For and Since Exercise 1

For and Since Exercise 2
For and Since Exercise 3
Vocabulary

Word endings exercise

Everyday english making conversation

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