MODULE
FOR ET SINCE
Comment choisir FOR OU SINCE ?
For + une période de temps

for six years, for a week, for a month, for hours, for two hours
I have worked here for five years.

Since + un repère dans le temps

since this morning, since last week, since yesterday
since I was a child, since Wednesday, since 2 o'clock
I have worked here since 1990.

Present perfect avec FOR

She has lived here for twenty years.
We have taught at this school for a long time.
Alice has been married forthree months.
They have been at the hotel for a week.

Present perfect avec SINCE

She has lived here since 1980.
We have taught at this school since 1965.
Alice has been married since March 2nd.
They have been at the hotel since last Tuesday.

Comment choisir FOR OU SINCE ? For + une période...

A toi de jouer en préparant cet exercice sur feuille à rendre:

 

 

 

                        For or Since?

 

 

 

Put the words into the correct columns. Look at the examples first.

 

 

 

a long time                         last Monday

 

 

 

noon                                  2007

 

 

 

ten minutes a day              the beginning

 

 

 

three days                          nine months

 

 

 

two hours                          150 years

 

 

 

you wrote to your dad        March

 

 

 

she left school
                   many seconds

 

 

 

a couple of seconds           my childhood

 

 

 

three centuries

 

 

 

for

since

 

a long time

noon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A toi de jouer en préparant cet exercice sur feuille...
Mini English lessons: For and since
Mini English lessons: For and since
Duration (m)
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Exprimer la durée : for / since / ago - Anglais - 3e - Les Bons Profs
Exprimer la durée : for / since / ago - Anglais - 3e - Les Bons Profs
Duration (m)
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Songs in present perfect
Songs in present perfect
Duration (m)
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Next: be allowed to / be able to / have to = remplacements de can / must