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GRAMMAR 1 2 Make sentences. Use one word in each column.

Present perfect with for and since TR: 1.4
in this town
Kitesurfing has been popular for about fifteen years. a computer
Surfing and skateboarding have been popular since the 1970s. know the piano
How long have you done extreme sports? have English for
live
for: for fifteen years/for five years/for a month/for an hour study best friend since
a bicycle
since: since the 1970s/since I was born/since June/since last year play soccer

on this street

1 Read. Write and underline.
3 Play a game. Spin the spinner. Ask questions using How long have

be be you . . . ? and the words in the spinner. Use for and since to answer.

be have Compare your sentences from Activity 2. Are they the same or different?
be want
know have live study play
has been
1. Kitesurfing popular for/since I was a kid.

How long have you
2. Surfing my favorite sport for/since many years. lived in this town?

3. Many people accidents for/since
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kitesurfing began. I’ve lived in this town
for seven years.
in this town
4. Motocross my favorite sport for/since the last
a computer
five years.

5. He to become a surfer for/since he on this street
the piano
was three years old.

6. Skateboarding more popular
English skateboarding
than baseball for/since the past fifteen years.

a bicycle
best friend

soccer

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