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Present Perfect Tense With ‘Since’ and ‘For’ Present Perfect Tense I You They for 15 years have We lived here He She It has Or since 1991 Remember this! • We form the Present Perfect like this: “ S + has/have + past participle “ • We use present perfect to express things that have happened from the past until now • We use “FOR” when we think of the length of a period time: …for two years …for 15 minutes • We use “SINCE” when we think of the starting point in the past: …since 1992 …since two days ago Past participle Regular: Irregular: Play Played Live Lived Study Studied Cook Cooked Listen Listened Work Try Eat Eaten Write Written Sleep Slept Speak Spoken Worked Buy Bought Tried Drive Driven Change these words into past participle! EAT CLIMB RUN SLEEP BLOW How long have you lived in Bali? I have lived in Bali since 2001/for How long have you been a dancer? I have been a We have been married for three years He has joined swimming club since he was 10 years old I have lived in this house since 2005 Let’s try this guys! How long has S ylve st e r be e n t he e ne my of Twe e t y? This is very easy! How long have you le arne d karat e ? You’re great today! See you ... until now • We use FOR when we think of the length of a period time: for two years for 15 minutes • We use SINCE when we think of the starting point in the past: since 1992 since two days... Bali since 2001 /for How long have you been a dancer? I have been a We have been married for three years He has joined swimming club since he was 10 years old I have lived in this house since. ..Present Perfect Tense I You They for 15 years have We lived here He She It has Or since 1991 Remember this! • We form the Present Perfect like this: “ S + has/have + past