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Present Perfect

for / since

сколько / с какого момента

for — сколько это длится: two years, three days, a week. since — с какого момента: Monday, 2020, six o'clock. Глагол тот же: have / has и третья форма.

Что
Слово
Пример
сколько времени
for two years
I have lived here for two years
с какого момента
since Monday
We have worked here since Monday
момент-час
since six o'clock
Anna has been here since six o'clock

I have lived in this flat for two years.

Я живу в этой квартире уже два года.

We have worked at the shop since Monday.

Мы работаем в магазине с понедельника.

Anna has been at the office since six o'clock.

Анна в офисе с шести.

They have been at the park for an hour.

Они в парке уже час.

Где обычно ошибаются

Два промаха, и оба из русского.

По-русски говорят «я живу здесь с…», но нужна форма с have: не I live here since 2020, а I have lived here since 2020.

since — это момент, не срок. Не since three years, а for three years.

сколько

I have lived in this flat for two years.

с какого момента

We have worked at the shop since Monday.

не since + срок

for three years, не since three years

не I live since

I have lived, не I live here since

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