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Flashcards by Cesar Angulo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Cesar Angulo
about 2 years ago
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| FOR, SINCE AND AGO Hecho por: Cesar Angulo Grupo: "C" Grado: "2" | |
| The words for, since and ago indicate moments or periods of time, and are normally used with the simple past and the present perfect. | To summarize, the difference is that: present perfect speaks many times of actions that have not finished. They started in the past and continue now. Or, they are things that happened at an indeterminate moment in the past and could continue to happen now: the typical I've been to Italy several times. Have you ever been to Italy? |
| How to use for, since and ago | in short, it is used... for + a period of time since + a moment in the past a period of time + ago |
| Example "for": | For + a period of time For can be used with the past simple or present perfect. It speaks of a period of time, as in Spanish during. I've lived in Hong Kong for 10 years. She worked there for just 3 months. They walked for a couple of hours. He has been with his girlfriend for several years. |
| Example "since": | Since + a moment in time Since can be used with a moment in time, or with a simple past that speaks of a past moment. It translates in Spanish as from He has worked there since 1999. I have loved tennis since I was a child. They have been very happy since they got married. We have been working since we arrived. |
| Example "ago": | A period of time + ago Ago is used WITH PAST SIMPLE after a period of time to talk about the time that has elapsed since then. In Spanish it is translated 10 years ago as 10 years ago. The United States declared independence from England more than 200 years ago. She arrived 5 minutes ago. He was last here 3 days ago. She called the taxi an hour ago. |
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