Present Perfect Examples - For vs Since (with Subtitles)

Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com

and in this English lesson, we're going to have to look at the present perfect

tense

and more specifically, this phrase:

"haven't been swimming for" and I used this

in one my videos when I was talking about how swimming

is like learning English and

when I was specifically talking about

why I don't go swimming that often, so let's have a look at how I used it...

However, I

haven't been swimming for months. So,

in the video I said, "however I haven't been swimming

from months." And I used it in this way

because I was talking about duration

from the past until now - so something

that hasn't happened for some time.

And with negative sentences we use

the present perfect. Now, the

actual verb that I used here; the phrase I used was

"to go swimming" so you can see here how "to go swimming"

changes to "I haven't been swimming."

So, let's have a look at more examples using the present perfect

in this way: I haven't seen my (best) friend

for a few weeks. They haven't been to the cinema

since November. Now in this example

I am using "since." I haven't worked in an office

for 8 years. So, those are three examples using in the present perfect in this way.

Now, my question for you in this video

is: What is something that you like doing

but you haven't done it for a long time? So, leave your answers

in the comments section below. Thanks for watching

and see you next time!