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since / for / ago

Lesson 80 of 84

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Hindi se: since = start (2019) / for = period (two years). since two years galat. ago = past: I came two years ago. Not I am here since. Present perfect (have done) vs past extra = 37. have been doing = 39.

1. Kya hai

Teen time words. Dono ek saath mat lagao: galat jodi (since + period), galat tense (I am here since / I have come ago).

Word Yaad rakho Example
since start point — kab se I've lived here since 2019. / since Monday / since 5 pm
for period — kitna time I've lived here for two years. / for two hours / for a long time
ago ab se peeche + past I came two years ago.

2. since vs for

Clock picture Use Galat Indian jodi
2019 → abhi tak since 2019 for 2019 / from 2019 (still true)
do saal ka stretch for two years since two years / since two days
5 pm → abhi queue since 5 pm / for two hours since two hours
pichhle paanch saal for the last five years since last five years / since last 5 years
subah se since this morning / since 8 am since morning

Abhi tak chal raha = aksar present perfect: I've lived / I've been here since 2019. I am here since 2019 / I live here since 2019 galat. have been waiting form = 39, yahan sirf time word. How long? For two years. / Since 2019.

3. ago + past; from / to

Yaad rakho Theek Galat
ago I came two years ago. Two days ago I went to school. I have come two years ago. / I am here two years ago.
ab se peeche two days ago before two days / two days before (bina second event)
kisi event se pehle two days before the exam two days ago the exam
khatam stretch They lived in Pune from 2010 to 2015. They have lived there since 2010 to 2015.

from 2010 to 2015 = beech ka khatam time, aksar past. Abhi bhi wahan = since 2010. during the match = kab (andar); for two hours = kitna. in 2019 / on Monday / at 5 pm = 26, yahan nahi. Yesterday I am going = I2.

4. Examples

Bold = sahi since / for / ago, ya ago ke saath past verb.

  1. I've lived in Pune since 2019.
  2. I've lived in Pune for two years.
  3. I've been waiting since 5 pm.
  4. I've been waiting for two hours.
  5. I've known Meera since Diwali.
  6. I've known Meera for six months.
  7. How long have you lived here? For two years. / Since 2019.
  8. I've been here since this morning, not since morning.
  9. I've been here for the last five years.
  10. I came two years ago.
  11. Two days ago I went to school.
  12. I bought this scooter a week ago.
  13. They lived in Pune from 2010 to 2015. Then they moved.
  14. We haven't had chai for two days.
  15. She's been in the queue since 8 am.

5. Common mistakes

I've lived here since two years. / since two days.
I've lived here for two years. / for two days.
I am here since 2019. / I live here since 2019.
I've been here since 2019. / I've lived here since 2019.
I have come two years ago. / I am here two years ago.
I came two years ago.
I went before two days. / before two days I went.
Two days ago I went to school. (before + exam = alag)
I've been waiting since morning. / since two hours.
since this morning / since 8 am. for two hours.
I've lived here since last five years. / for 2019.
for the last five years. since 2019.
They have lived there since 2010 to 2015. (moved away)
They lived there from 2010 to 2015.
I have just come two years ago. / Yesterday I am going. / discuss about
just/already/yet = 37. tense mix = I2. discuss about = I4. Here: since/for/ago.
Hindi note. Se = since jab clock pe ek point (2019, Monday, 5 pm); for jab kitna stretch (two years, two hours). Pehle ab se count = ago + past (went / came), have come nahi. Abhi tak = I've been / I've lived, I am here since nahi.

6. Practice

A. 10 MCQ

1. I've lived here ______ 2019.
2. I've lived here ______ two years.
3. I ______ two years ago.
4. I've been waiting ______ two hours.
5. I've been waiting ______ 5 pm.
6. Choose the sahi one:
7. Choose the sahi one:
8. From now, peeche:
9. They lived in Pune ______ 2010 ______ 2015. Then they moved.
10. This page is not:

B. 5 fill-in

1. I've lived here ______ 2019.

2. I've lived here ______ two years.

3. I came two years ______.

4. I've been waiting ______ 5 pm.

5. Sahi karo: I am here since two years.

C. 3 sentences

Model answers neeche. Ek since 2019, ek for two years, ek ago + past.

  1. since: I've lived here since 2019.
  2. for: I've lived here for two years.
  3. ago: I came two years ago.

7. Answer key

MCQ
  1. b) since — 2019 = start point. for = period. ago = past, I've ke saath nahi.
  2. c) for — two years = period. since two years galat. ago = past.
  3. b) came — ago + past. have come ago / am coming galat.
  4. a) for — two hours = period. since two hours galat.
  5. c) since — 5 pm = start. for 5 pm galat. ago = past.
  6. b) for five years — period. since five years / ago five years galat.
  7. c) I've been here since 2019 — still true = perfect + since. I am here since galat.
  8. b) Two days ago I went — from now + past. before two days / have gone ago galat.
  9. b) from / to — khatam stretch, then they moved. since...to galat.
  10. c) just / already / yet — 37, not I5.
Fill-in
  1. since
  2. for
  3. ago
  4. since
  5. I've been here for two years.
Model sentences
  1. I've lived here since 2019.
  2. I've lived here for two years.
  3. I came two years ago.

Check: since = start (2019, Monday, 5 pm, this morning); for = period (two years, two hours, the last five years); not since two years / since morning / since last five years; still true = I've been / I've lived, not I am here since; ago + past, not have + ago / before two days; from 2010 to 2015 = khatam; present perfect vs past extra = 37; been doing form = 39; yesterday I am going = I2; in/on/at time = 26; discuss about = I4; much/many = I6.