She's lived in London for three years. I've worked here for six months. The fixed time can be another action, which is in the past simple since I was at school, since I arrived. I've known Sam since I've liked chocolate since I was a child. She's been here since 2pm. We use 'for' with a period of time 2 hours, three years, six months. I've known Julie for ten years. I've been hungry for hours.
She's had a cold for a week. Finished Actions 2: Life experience. These are actions or events that happened sometime during a person's life. We don't say when the experience happened, and the person needs to be alive now.
We often use the words 'ever' and 'never' here. I have been to Tokyo. They have visited Paris three times. We have never seen that film. The period of time is still continuing. Get more Perfect English Grammar with our courses. Welcome to Perfect English Grammar!
I'm Seonaid and I hope you like the website. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. We also use it to talk about states in the past which are no longer true. For example: I used to have long hair but now I have short hair. He used to smoke but now he doesn't smoke. They used to live in India but now they live in Germany. Watch out! With the negative and the question it's 'use' and not 'used': Did you use to be a teacher? Did he use to study French? For example, if I say, "Let's read the book," I mean a specific book.
If I say, "Let's read a book," I mean any book rather than a specific book. Here's another way to explain it: The is used to refer to a specific or particular member of a group. For example, "I just saw the most popular movie of the year.
Therefore, we use the. For example, "I would like to go see a movie. We're talking about any movie. There are many movies, and I want to see any movie. I don't have a specific one in mind. For example:.
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