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We use How long…? questions to ask about the duration of an event, state or experience. Example: How long have you had your laptop?

To talk about experiences, events or states that began in the past and are continuing in the present, or to answer How long…? questions, use the present perfect with for or since:

Present Perfect + for + a period of time.
Example: I’ve known Jenny for five years.

Present Perfect + since + the moment when the experience/event/state began.
Example: He hasn’t seen his family since January.

Please clic on this link to remember the grammatical structure of the Present Perfect Tense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vJOJrVIgek

Please clic on this link to see the conjugation of many common irregular verbs in English:
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/unreg_verben.htm

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Common time expressions typically used after for:
three hours / many hours / two days / a few days / a week / six months / ten years / a long time / ages / my whole life / etc.

Common moments typically used after since:
last Sunday / five o’clock / January / high school / college / the summer / I was born / I was 4 years old / I was a baby / I was little / I moved to London / March 24th / etc.

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I. Write questions about Georgia using How long…? & the present perfect.

Example: Wear glasses? How long has Georgia worn glasses?
1. Live in Brighton? ___________________________________________________________________
2. Know her best friend? ______________________________________________________________
3. Be at college? _____________________________________________________________________
4. Have a mobile phone? ______________________________________________________________
5. Work in a clothes shop? _____________________________________________________________

II. Read My blog and answer the questions in exercise I using for / since.

Example: She’s worn glasses for about a year.

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                                                         My blog

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                                                         My blog

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I’m a pretty average 19-year-old. I’m tall, slim and have long blonde
hair. I wear glasses, but I only started wearing them about a year
ago.

Home: I live in Brighton on the south coast of the UK. I used to live
in Birmingham but we moved here when I was ten.

Friends: My best friend Olivia still lives in Birmingham. We started school on the same day in September 2005! I miss her. I left school in July and I started college three months ago. I’m doing a beauty therapy course. I’m really enjoying it.

Me and my phone: I got my first mobile phone when I was 13 (can you believe it?). My parents were so mean. Now I can’t live without it!

My working life: I work in a clothes shop in town at the weekends. I got the job three years ago, when I was 16. It’s a bit boring, but it’s money!

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We use How long…? to ask about duration.
Example: How long have you been here? I’ve been here for ages!

You have 2 options to answer How long…? questions:
1. You can use “Present Perfect + for + duration”, or…
2. You can use “Present Perfect + since + a specific moment”.

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After studying this material, students will be able to:

Ask and answer "How Long" Questions with a high degree of accuracy and control to obtain information in regards to the duration of events, states or people's experiences.