1.1) The past participle and 1.2) Use of ‘Since’ and ‘for.'

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In this blog, we will cover the remaining portion of intermediate grammar. Our topics are Past participle and the use of ‘Since’ and ‘for.’

Grammar point: 1.1) Past participle:

To understand better, first, we have to get the idea of different forms of English verbs in use. These are shown below:

-Simple

-Simple Past

-Past Participle

Simple form	Simple past	Past Participle
Go	Went	Gone
Fly	Flew	Flown
Swim	Swam	Swum
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Cut	Cut	Cut
Watch	Watched	Watched
Look	looked	Looked

As we can observe from the table, there are mainly two types of verbs i) irregular and ii) regular. The few examples are of irregular verbs i. e. go-went-gone and Boldly marked verbs are regular verbs. The regular verbs can be formed by just adding d/ed in the end. The last column indicates Past participles. Note that these are some examples of verbs there are plenty of available.

Important Rules:

-The Past Participle cannot stand alone in the sentence without helping verbs.

Here is an example:

 Wrong:

I swum in the sea.

 Right:

 I have swum in the sea. (Present Perfect Tense)

 I had swum in the sea.   (Past Perfect Tense)

·       It needs helping verb have/has or had.

Grammar point: 1.2) Use of ‘Since’ and ‘for’:

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We use these words (Since and for) to connect past to present. In simple words to share past experiences such as last vacation or trip we use ‘since’ or ‘for’ to show how long we stayed or when you started your trip etc. Now you are familiar with why we use ‘since’ and ‘for’ we can shift gears to use it accurately. Let’s see one-by-one.

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Since:

It is used in the sentence when we want to talk about the specific time at an event started.

For instance,

-My brother has started learning a new language since 2012.

-My brother has started learning a new language since summer.

-My brother has started learning a new language since last week.

-My brother has started learning a new language since he was 15.

NOTE: ‘Since’ can come first in the sentence.

-         Since 2000 the level of the sea around the world has increased significantly. 

 For:

It is adopted when we need to show the length of time since something started in the past.

For instance,

-My brother has started learning a new language for a week.

-My brother has started learning a new language for 5 days.

-My brother has started learning a new language for 6 months.

NOTE: ‘Since’ can come first in the sentence.

-         For 2 years the company had been developed exponentially.

Exercise: 

Instructions:

• Write the answers in the comment section.
• Write True or False, if false, then write down the reason or rule.

       1.    I lived in London since 2000.

       2.    Helen has flown all over the world.

       3.    Your brother has visited Germany in 2018.

       4.    I have drinked two cup tea this morning.

       5.    Sneha has been too for summer.

Thank you. For learning more grammar points refer to my intermediate grammar scrapbook. If you have any question or suggestion then let me know in the comment section, I’ll be happy to answer them.

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