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Unit
1 0 4 from ... to until since for
from ... to ...
O W e lived in Japan from 2003 to 2010.
O I w o rk from M o nd ay to Friday.
You can also say from ... until
O W e lived in Japan from 2003 until 2010.
M o n d a y
from M onday to Friday
Frid ay
u n t il...
u n t il
Friday
Decem b er
3 o'clock
I com e back
They're going away tom orrow.
They'll be away until Friday.
I w ent to bed early, but I wasn't tired.
I read a book until 3 o'clock.
W ait here until I com e back.
until Friday
Frid ay
You can also say till (= until):
O
W ait here till I com e back.
Com pare:
O 'How long will you be away?'
O 'W hen are you co m ing back?'
'Until M onday.'
'On M onday.'
since + a tim e in the past (to no w )
W e use since after the p resen t p er fect (have been / have done etc.):
O Joe is in hospital. He has been
o
in hospital since M onday.
(= from M o nd ay to no w )
Sue and Dave have been
m arried since 1998.
M o n d a y
since M onday
n o w
(= from 1998 to no w )
O
It has been raining since I arrived.
Com pare:
O W e lived in Japan from 2003 to 2010.
W e lived in Japan until 2010.
O N o w we live in Canad a. W e cam e to Canad a in 2010.
W e have lived in Canad a since 2010. (= from 2010 until no w )
W e use for (n o t since) + a period o f tim e (three days / ten years etc.):
O Joe has been in hospital for three days. (n o t since three days)
for + a period o f tim e
for
three days
ten years
five m inutes
a long tim e
Gary stayed w ith us for
three days.
I'm going away for
Su n d a y
a few weeks.
O I'm going away for the weekend.
O They've been m arried for ten years.
for three days
M o n d a y
Tu esd a y
218 ( present perfect + for/ since Units 18- 19 present perfect (I have lived) and past simple (I lived) Unit 20 j