INICIO. Página Principal
PRESENTACIÓN de nuestra Web
Cursos Multimedia por Niveles
Gramática inglesa en español con ejercicios prácticos resueltos.
LISTENING. Sonidos con ejercicios prácticos, soluciones y texto de transcripción.
LIBROS completos en inglés para descargar a tu PC.
Practica tu READING con textos traducidos y ejercicios de comprensión lectora.
PROGRAMAS didácticos y utilidades educacionales para descargar a tu Pc.
EJERCICIOS multimedia para mejorar tu inglés.
Ejercita tus conocimientos siguiendo las aventuras de nuestro detective.
RECURSOS Y ACTIVIDADES de interés y utilidad.
Agrupaciones temáticas de palabras y su traducción. Con sonido y ejercicios
Información y Recursos específicos para profesores.
Material para la preparación de las pruebas de First de la Universidad de Cambridge.
PELÍCULAS EN INGLÉS
Vídeos para aprender inglés

Cuaderno de ejercicios 

de inglés. Actividades y material de aprendizaje.
Accede a nuestro grupo 

en Facebook
Busca el significado de los términos y su 

traducción.
Traduce textos o páginas web completas.
Consulta nuestros productos




 
For or Since: What Is the Difference? 
 

Gramática Inglesa GratisSugerencias:
- Escucha el audio sin consultar el texto. Escucha después nuevamente el audio (utiliza el "control de audio" o bien el icono "altavoz") leyendo el texto y fijándote especialmente en aquéllas palabras o expresiones que no hayas comprendido.
- Puedes descargar el Audio (a través del icono "altavoz"
Haz click para escuchar). Utiliza el botón derecho del ratón y "guardar enlace" para descargar el fichero a tu PC, tablet, Smartphone, etc.
- Aprovecha tus momentos libres (desplazamientos, ocio, etc.) para escuchar los audios.
- Puedes también descargar el Texto (copia el texto a Word, bloc de notas, etc., y guárdalo en tu dispositivo para consultarlo offline cuando quieras).

Haz click para escuchar Escucha el audio
(escucha el audio más de una vez para familiarizarte con los términos que se introducen y explican)

Consulta el diccionario onlineHave you ever wondered how to talk about an event that began in the past and continues into the present?

In English, we often use prepositions to place a noun, pronoun or noun phrase in time. This way, we can communicate the passage of time.

One common problem that English learners face is how to use prepositions of time. Two of the most common prepositions of time are for and since.

English learners often have difficulties with these two prepositions, because their native languages may use prepositions differently.

Consider the following sentences:

I've been travelling for three years.
I've been travelling since 2012.


Today, you will learn about why you should use for in the first sentence, and since in the second sentence.

For

In English, we use the preposition for to talk about an amount of time or space. The amount of time could be seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or even years.

The amount of time does not need to be exact. You could use for when you are talking about vague periods of time, like "for the weekend", "for ages" or "for a long time".

The important point is that for is used to specify a period of time.

In English, the basic formula for using for is this:

for + a period of time

For can be used when talking about the past, present or future.

Here are three example sentences that use similar vocabulary, but use different verb tenses.

(Past) Last year, I traveled for three weeks.
(Present Continuous) I'm travelling for three weeks.
(Future) Next year, I will travel for three weeks.

Regardless of the verb tense, the preposition for is still followed by a period of time.

"For" in popular music

You can hear examples of "for + a period of time" in many songs.

For example, in the popular movie “Frozen”, the character Anna sings,

For years I've roamed these empty halls.

You heard the singer say "for years." She says "for" because the word "years" refers to a period of time. The prepositional phrase "for years" tells how long the singer has roamed the empty halls.

Since

In English, we use since to refer to a point of time. Since can refer to a point after a specific time or event in the past. Or it can refer to a particular point beginning sometime in the past and continuing until the present time. The particular point in time could be anything – last Tuesday, 2008 or midnight, for example.

The important point is that since is used with a particular point in time.

The basic formula for using since is this:Curso de inglés en audio

since + a particular point in time.

In sentences with since, we usually use perfect tenses. When using since, we normally use present perfect and past perfect tenses in the main clause of the sentence. You wouldn't use since when you are talking about the future because, by definition, since refers to specific point in the past.

Here are two examples in the present perfect tense:

It has been raining since 8 a.m.
I have been walking since 10 p.m.

"Since" in popular music

You can hear the word since in many popular songs. Here is the group "The Temptations" using the preposition since in "Since I Lost My Baby".

Since I lost my baby
Since I lost my baby
Since I lost my baby.

In the song, since is followed by "I lost my baby." This means that the singer lost someone he loves. Because he lost the person he loves at a specific point in time, you use the preposition since.

For vs. Since

Remember, for is used with a period of time.

Since is used to refer to a specific point in time.

You can use for and since with similar verb tenses, if you wish. Here are two examples:

I have been walking for five hours.
I have been walking since 10 p.m.

We have lived here for 20 years.
We have lived here since 1985.

In the example sentences, both for and since show an event that began in the past and continues into the present.

But please remember this: for can be used with other verb tenses, including the future!

TAMBIÉN TE PUEDE INTERESAR:

Cuaderno de inglés¿Quieres recibir en tu e-mail gratis y periódicamente ejercicios, programas gratuitos, explicaciones y otros recursos para mantener tu inglés sin esfuerzo? Apúntate a nuestro cuaderno quincenal de inglés.

La Mansión del Inglés. https://www.mansioningles.com
© Copyright La Mansión del Inglés C.B. - Todos los Derechos Reservados
. -