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when to use for, since or ago
- for + period of time: how long something continues
I have lived here for five years / for a year / for a decade. - since + point in time: when something started in the past
I have lived here since 2015 / since last Friday / since March. - ago + period: when something happened in the past measured from the present
I lived here five years ago / a decade ago.
exercises
for or since?
for, since or ago?
useful pages
- exercises for practising the Present Perfect (I have gone)
- exercises for practising the Present Perfect Continuous (I have been going)
- exercises for practising the Simple Past (I went) and the Present Perfect (I have gone)
- exercises for practising the Present Perfect (I have gone) and the Present Perfect Continuous (I have been going)
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