This episode focuses on the grammar of time words: For During Since. It features an interview with our teacher Derek Smith. There is lots of vocabulary about art, Easter and life in Dublin. Listen and enjoy and please remember to like, share and subscribe.<\/p>\n
Available on podcast<\/a> apps:<\/p>\n Easter, Art, Time Words: – Episode 2 – On Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n Easter, Art, Time Words: – Episode 2 – On Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n Easter, Art, Time Words: – Episode 2 – On iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Art Idioms<\/b><\/p>\n A blank canvas<\/span><\/p>\n (To explain something) in broad brushstrokes<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Phrasal Verb<\/b><\/p>\n To give something up \u2013 <\/span>I gave up chocolate for Lent<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Easter Words<\/b><\/p>\n Lent<\/span><\/p>\n Easter Sunday<\/span><\/p>\n Good Friday<\/span><\/p>\n The Easter Bunny<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other Vocabulary<\/b><\/p>\n An off-licence (where you buy alcohol)<\/span><\/p>\n A sculptor (the person)<\/span><\/p>\n A sculpture (the object)<\/span><\/p>\n 1: For <\/b><\/p>\n So we use for with a <\/span>period of time<\/b> to talk about <\/span>how long<\/b> something has happened. <\/span><\/p>\n For two weeks \/ For a year <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here we are using it with the past simple (I lived)<\/span><\/p>\n But we can also use it with the present perfect:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And we can also use it with the future<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, \u201dfor\u201dis very flexible \u2013 you can use it with any tense (past present future, perfect, simple). And it\u2019s always about how long, we use it with a period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2: Since<\/b><\/p>\n Since is not the same as for. Since is used with a time as well, but with the <\/span>starting<\/b> point<\/span><\/p>\n It means <\/span>from <\/b>a time in the past <\/span>until<\/b> now.<\/span><\/p>\n And, when we talk about things that started in the past and continued to now, we use perfect tenses, particularly the present perfect. We don\u2019t use the past tense with since<\/span><\/p>\n How long have you been painting?<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve been painting since last week \/ since 1995 \/ since I was a child<\/span><\/p>\n So since + a starting point, with perfect tenses (especially the present perfect)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3: During<\/b><\/p>\n We use ‘during’ with a noun to say ‘when’ something happens. <\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t mix up <\/span>during<\/b> with <\/span>for. <\/b>Confusingly,<\/span> during doesn\u2019t mean duration, we use <\/span>for<\/b>. So not, I was in Spain <\/span>during<\/span><\/i> 3 months, but I was in Spain <\/span>for<\/span><\/i> 3 months.<\/span><\/p>\n We usually use during to talk about one event, inside a longer event<\/span><\/p>\n During my lunch break, I had a sandwich. Maybe the lunch break was an hour, and eating the sandwich was 5 minutes<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n During Lent, I didn\u2019t eat any chocolate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n So we use <\/span>during<\/b> to talk about an event or an activity, or one activity that happens inside another (sleeping during the day). It\u2019s not for talking about durations of time. <\/span><\/p>\n Not: <\/span><\/i>I lived in Ireland during two weeks<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n I visited Ireland during my trip around Europe<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n And we usually use it with the past simple or continuous, not the present perfect. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4: Ago <\/b><\/p>\n Finally, ago is used <\/span>after<\/b> a time expression. <\/span><\/p>\n One hour ago<\/span><\/p>\n One month ago<\/span><\/p>\n Thousands of years ago<\/span><\/p>\n And, again, we use it with the simple past not the present perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n He died three years ago<\/span><\/p>\n I met that man <\/span>two years ago<\/b><\/p>\n BUT<\/b> I have met that man <\/span>before\/in the past<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n NOT: <\/span>I have met him two years ago. <\/span><\/p>\n (Because we don\u2019t use present perfect with specific time phrases, and two years ago is specific. \u201cin the past\u201d or \u201cbefore\u201d is general)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Derek Smith\u2019s art on <\/span>Instagram is here<\/span><\/p>\n The music of Nouveau Noise <\/span>is here<\/span><\/p>\n For art in Dublin, Derek recommended the <\/span>Hugh Lane Gallery<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Grogan\u2019s Pub<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>the RHA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n![\"For](\"https:\/\/everestlanguageschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/podcast-episode2.jpg\")
<\/span><\/h2>\nVocabulary<\/span><\/h2>\n
Time Words: For, During, Since<\/h3>\n
Grammar<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Links<\/span><\/h2>\n