Question

complete the sentences using present perfect and choose for or since


1 I_____ (work) here____six years

2 Iván ___(live) here____three months

3 they ____(work) in this factory_____1970

4 helen ____ (not be) abroad_____five years

5 Brody___ (study) French_____ twelve years

6 I ____(not know) her______ 1982

7 Steve and Rita_____ (live) here____I was a child

8 we_____ (be) in París ____ we were married

9 Kristen ______(know) then_____ years

10 we____(not practise) _____months

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1.have worked,for

2.has lived,for

3.have worked,since

4.hasn't been,for

5.has studied,for

6.haven't known,since

7.have lived,since

8.have been,since

9.has known,for

10.haven't practiced,for

Answer 2

Respuesta:

I have worked here for six years.

2 Iván has lived here for three months.

3 they have worked in this factory since 1970.

4 helen has not been abroad for five years.

5 Brody has studied French for twelve years

6 I have not known her since 1982.

7 Steve and Rita have lived here since I was a child.

8 we have been in París since we were married

9 Kristen has known them for ten years.

10 we have not practiced for months.

Explicación:

El presente perfecto afirmativo se construye de la siguiente manera:

Sujeto + have o has + Verbo en participio pasado + Complemento.

El presente perfecto negativo:

Sujeto + have o has + Not + Verbo en participio pasado + Complemento.

For - For significa desde hace o durante y se usa con un periodo de tiempo, por ejemplo: ten minutes, two hours, one day, a month, a year, a long time.

Since - Since significa desde o desde que y se usa para señalar un momento concreto en el tiempo, por ejemplo:  10 o’clock, Tuesday, 2nd January, August, 200, we arrived, I was ten years old.