2.+Lesson+2

** For ** and ** Since ** uses for Time **for** + period (for 30 minutes; for 2 days/ months/ years/ centuries; for a long time; for ever) ** For **means "from the **beginning** of the period until the **end** of the period." ** For ** is NOT used with "all day", "all the time" etc. (You were there **all the time.** - not " for all the time" ) **since** + point (since morning; since August; since last winter; since you left her) **Since** means "from a **point** in the past until **now**." **Since** is normally used with **perfect tenses**.
 * For ** can be used with **all tenses**.
 * They sing for **three hours** every day.
 * They are singing for **two hours** today.
 * He has lived in London for **a long time**.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">He has been living in Cardiff for **one month**.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">I worked with them for **two years**.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Will you love me for **ever**?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I have been here since **morning**.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I haven't had the chance to visit you since **last year.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">He has been working since he arrived.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I had lived in Liverpool since **my childhood**.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Since** can also be used in the structure "It is **(period)** since...": >
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is **a week** since I saw her.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**How long** is it since you got married? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">ever since **
 * I haven't met her ** ever since **.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Both **for** and **since** also have other meanings, with no reference to time. Here are some examples:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is **for** you.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Is this the train **for** London?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Since** you ask, I'll say yes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Since** he didn't study he didn't pass the exam.