Hemos hablado de cómo utilizar ‘how long‘ para preguntar ‘desde hace cuánto‘. ¿Cómo podemos contestar?
Puedes utilizar ‘For‘:
/fóo
Just for a few minutes
For 20 minutes
For a couple of weeks
For 6 weeks
For donkeys years
For ten years
For a long time
For as long as I can remember…
También puedes utilizar ‘Since‘. Equivale al español ‘desde que‘ o ‘desde‘. Lo usamos cuando tenemos un punto específico en el tiempo cuando empezó algo. Casi siempre irá al final de la oración.
/sínss
Since last week
Since 2016
Since Wednesday
Since 2 o’clock
Since 20:15
Since this morning
Since January the 10th
Since Easter
Since she was a baby
Since we started / finished /moved / left …
I’ve been fine ever since…
¿Y qué tal te manejas con ‘Ago‘? Te ayudará recordar que ‘Ago‘ se corresponde con el español ‘hace‘. Lo utilizamos acompañando al Simple Past. ¿Dónde lo colocas? ¡Siempre al final! Justo después de la expresión de tiempo.
/agóu
I studied German two years ago
I started this company fifteen years ago
He left an hour ago
We finished the project about a month ago
They moved over a long time ago
¿Cómo decidir cuál utilizar? Let’s see. Tú quieres decir que llevas en la misma industria 10 años. Tus opciones son:
I’ve worked in the same industry for ten years
I’ve worked in the same industry since 2007
I started working in this same industry ten years ago
ACTIVITY
Write in a comment sentences with ‘For‘, ‘Since‘ and ‘Ago‘ for all these contexts.
1- When you learned how to ride a bike
2- When you started learning a second language
3- You finished school
4- Your first job
5- The first time ever you sold something
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1- When you learned how to ride a bike
I learnt how to ride a bike fifteen years ago
I’ve been riding a bike since 2006
I knew how to use a bicycle for a long period of time
2- When you started learning a second language
I started to study my second language one year ago
I’m studying my second language since 2020
I’ve learned my second language for a long time
3- You finished school
I finished my school ten years ago
I graduated at the school for donkeys year
I didn’t return to school since 2009
4- Your first job
I’m working in my first ever job since 2010
I take my first job three years ago
I stayed working in my first job working for four years
5- The first time ever you sold something
I sold my first jacket three years ago
I’ve been selling things since I was young
I used to sell things for as long I can remember