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Penggunaan For dan Since

Oleh Fikri Farikhin, M.Pd.I Posting Komentar

Kata "for" dan "since" digunakan untuk menyatakan lama waktu (duration), terutama dalam Perfect Tense seperti Present Perfect dan Past Perfect. Berikut penjelasannya:

🔹 FOR

Digunakan untuk menyatakan periode waktu atau durasi, misalnya: 2 jam, 3 hari, 10 tahun, dll.

Struktur umum (Present Perfect):
Subject + have/has + V3 + for + durasi waktu

Contoh:

  • I have lived here for 5 years.
    (Saya telah tinggal di sini selama 5 tahun.)

  • She had studied English for two hours before dinner.
    (Dia telah belajar bahasa Inggris selama dua jam sebelum makan malam.)

🔹 SINCE

Digunakan untuk menyatakan titik awal waktu, misalnya: sejak tahun 2000, sejak kemarin, sejak pukul 5, dll.

Struktur umum (Present Perfect):
Subject + have/has + V3 + since + titik awal waktu

Contoh:

  • They have worked here since 2010.
    (Mereka telah bekerja di sini sejak 2010.)

  • He had waited since 8 o’clock.
    (Dia telah menunggu sejak pukul 8.)

TENSES yang Umum Digunakan dengan "for" dan "since":

Tense Contoh dengan "for" Contoh dengan "since"
Present Perfect I have known her for 10 years. I have known her since 2015.
Past Perfect She had worked for 3 hours. She had worked since morning.
Present Perfect Continuous We have been waiting for an hour. We have been waiting since noon.


Latihan Soal – Pilih "for" atau "since":

  1. I have lived in this city ___ 2012.

  2. She has worked at the hospital ___ ten years.

  3. They had been friends ___ they were in high school.

  4. He has waited ___ over an hour.

  5. We haven’t seen them ___ last week.

  6. My parents have been married ___ 25 years.

  7. I had stayed in that house ___ my childhood.

  8. We have known each other ___ we met at the university.

Kunci Jawaban:

  1. since → (titik waktu: 2012)

  2. for → (durasi: 10 tahun)

  3. since → (titik waktu: saat SMA)

  4. for → (durasi: lebih dari satu jam)

  5. since → (titik waktu: minggu lalu)

  6. for → (durasi: 25 tahun)

  7. since → (titik waktu: masa kecil)

  8. since → (titik waktu: saat bertemu di universitas)


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