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For and since
FOR and SINCE
WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS:
We use the Present Perfect Continuous tense to talk about action that started in the past and is continuing now. This is often used with for or since.
I have been reading for 2 hours. > Action started in past > Action is continuing now.
I have been reading for 2 hours. (I am still reading now.)We’ve been studying since 9 o’clock. (We’re still studying now.)
How long have you been learning English? (You are still learning now.)
We have not been smoking. (And we are not smoking now.)I have been studying for three hours.
I have been watching TV since 7pm.
Tara hasn’t been feeling well for two weeks.
Tara hasn’t been visiting us since March.
He has been playing football for a long time.
He has been living in Bangkok since he left school.WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT:
The present perfect is often used to talk about situations that started in the past and are continuing now.
We talk about how long using the words for and since:
for = throughout (a period of time)They’ve been married for six months.
since = from (an exact point in time) until now
When for/since introduces an action or event at a point of time in the past, we can use the past simple or present perfect after since and the present perfect in the main clause:
They haven’t received any junk mail since they moved/they’ve moved house.
I haven’t smoked for 6 years
With these verbs, meaning: live, study, work, visit we can use both:
E.g.
I’ve taught/I’ve been teaching since 2001
I’ve studied/ I’ve been studying Russian for 12 years
With the verb to be:
She’s been happily married since 1999
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