04/11/2025
đ STOP! "Since" áá˛áˇ "For" ááᯠáĄááźá˛áážáŹá¸ááąááŹá¸? đ§ ááŽáá
áşáááş Grammar Tip á áááˇáşáĄáá˝ááşááŤáá˛!
Present Perfect Tense áážáŹ áĄááťáááşááŹáááᯠááąáŹáşááźáá˛áˇáĄá፠áĄááŻáśá¸áááşááźáŽá¸ áĄááąá¸ááźáŽá¸áá˛áˇ "For" áá˛áˇ "Since" ááᯠáááŻá¸áááŻá¸áážááşá¸áážááşá¸ áá˝á˛ááźááŹá¸áá˛áˇ Infographic ááąá¸ááᯠááźááˇáşáááŻááşááŤá
* FOR = Duration (áááŹá) ááᯠááźááŤáááş (áĽáááŹ- For 3 hours)
Example: They have lived in Mandalay for ten years. (áá°áááŻáˇ ááášáááąá¸áážáŹ áááşáážá
áşááźáŹ ááąáá˛áˇááźáááş)
* SINCE = Starting Point (áĄá
áážááş) ááᯠááźááŤáááş (áĽáááŹ- Since 9 AM)
Example: They have lived in Mandalay since 2018. (áá°áááŻáˇ áááá ááŻáážá
áşááááşá¸á ááášáááąá¸áážáŹ ááąáá˛áˇááźáááş)
đĄ Key Takeaway: 'áááşááąáŹááşááźáŹááá˛' ááᯠááąá¸áááş FORá 'áááşááťáááşá á
ááá˛' ááᯠááąá¸áááş SINCE ááᯠááááááŤá
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Practice Time! áĄáąáŹááşá ááąááŹáá˝ááşáážáŹ S (Since) ááŤáážáááŻááş F (For) ááᯠáá˝áąá¸ááźáŽá¸ ááźáąááźááˇáşááŤáŚá¸á
* I haven't eaten spaghetti _____ last month.
* They have been waiting _____ two hours.
ááźáąáááŻáˇááááş Comment áážáŹ S (áááŻáˇáááŻááş) F áá˛áˇ ááźáąáááŻááŻáś ááᯠááąá¸ááźáŽá¸ Share ááŻááşáá˝áŹá¸ááŤáŚá¸! đ