For, since, ago
FOR AND SINCE
Perfect, ya’ni tugallangan zamonlarda ‘since’ va ‘for’ payt ravishlari juda ko’p
qo’llaniladi.
since – “-dan beri” deb tarjima qilinadi va undan keyin ish-harakat qachon
boshlanganini bildiruvchi payt hollari yoki o’tgan zamondagi gap qo’llaniladi.
for – “-dan buyon, davomida” deb tarjima qilinadi va undan keyin ish-harakat
qancha uzoq davom etganini ko’rsatadigan payt hollari qo’llaniladi.
‘since’ payt ravishidan keyin ish-harakatning boshlanish nuqtasi sifatida o’tgan
zamondagi ish-harakat ham qo’llanilishi mumkin.
‘since’ payt ravishidan keyin keladigan odatiy qurilmalarga misollar:
*since 1991, since last summer, since Chrismas
*since leaving school, since yesterday, since my birthday.
*since October 21, since breakfast.
*since then.
Exercise: write for or since
1. Sitora has been in Ireland since Monday.
2. Sitora has been Ireland for three days.
3. My aunt has lived in Australia for 15 years.
4. Malika is in her office. She has been there since 7 o’clock.
5. India has been an independent country since 1947.
6. The bus is late. We’ve been waiting for 20 minutes.
7. Nobody lives in those houses. They have been empty for many years.
8. Abdumalik has been ill for a long time. He has been in hospital since
october.
‘for’ payt ravishidan keyin keladigan odatiy qo’shimchalarga misollar:
*for two month
*for a long time
*for a year
*for ten years
*for a fortnight
*for ages
*for two hours
Zarnigor is in Ireland. She has been there {for three days, since Monday}
We use for + a period of time (three days / two year etc.):
We use since the start of the period (Monday / 9 o’clock etc.):
start of
Monday => Tuesday => Wednesday
---------for three days -------------*the period Monday
since Monday
Ago
ago = before now:
Sanobar started her new job three weeks
ago. (= three weeks before now)
'When did Olim go out?' 'Ten minutes ago?'
(= ten minutes before now)
I had dinner an hour ago.
Life was very different a hundred years
ago.
We use ago with the past (started/did/bad/was etc.).
Compare ago and for:
When did Ilhom arrive in Ireland?
He arrived in Ireland three days ago.
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