Work progress profile
Listen for two continuing situations, their durations or starting points and evidence of change.
TF30 · B1 Grammar · 30 min
Present Perfect with for and since
Connect a continuing situation to its duration or starting point, then agree on one realistic next checkpoint.
Why this lesson matters · เหตุผลที่เรียนบทนี้
For learners: Use a clear timeline to explain how long a real situation has continued and agree when to review it again.
For teachers: The route begins with continuing meaning, separates duration from starting point, repairs form, then transfers the choice into a six-situation progress review.
สำหรับผู้เรียน: ใช้เส้นเวลาที่ชัดเจนเพื่อบอกว่าสถานการณ์จริงดำเนินมานานเท่าไร และตกลงว่าจะติดตามอีกครั้งเมื่อใด
สำหรับครู: ลำดับเริ่มจากยืนยันว่าสถานการณ์ยังต่อเนื่อง แยกระยะเวลากับจุดเริ่มต้น ซ่อมรูปประโยค แล้วนำไปใช้ในการทบทวนความคืบหน้าหกสถานการณ์
Your Goal
Describe six situations that started in the past and still continue, choosing for for a duration and since for a starting point, then agree on one next checkpoint.
คำอธิบายภาษาไทย
ใช้ for กับระยะเวลา เช่น for three months และใช้ since กับจุดเริ่มต้น เช่น since January เพื่อบอกว่าสถานการณ์เริ่มในอดีตและยังต่อเนื่องถึงตอนนี้ จากนั้นถามต่อและกำหนดจุดติดตามครั้งถัดไป
Why this lesson matters
Duration language turns a vague progress update into a timeline. The listener can understand when a situation began, how long it has continued and when to check it again.
ภาษาไทย: การบอกระยะเวลาและจุดเริ่มต้นช่วยให้ผู้ฟังเห็นเส้นเวลาอย่างชัดเจน รู้ว่าสถานการณ์ดำเนินมานานเท่าไร และควรติดตามอีกครั้งเมื่อใด
PROGRESS FOCUS What improves today?
MEAN · MeaningDistinguish a continuing situation, its duration and its starting point.
FORM · FormControl have/has + participle with for + duration and since + starting point.
USE · Real useGive a concise progress review, ask follow-up questions and agree on a checkpoint.
Your 30-minute route
1 · 4 minConfirm what continues now
2 · 4 minChoose duration or start
3 · 5 minChoose, justify and repair
4 · 5 minMap timelines and checkpoints
5 · 5 minListen, question and update
6 · 7 minReview, score and retry
Teacher Lesson Plan
Begin with the timeline, not the preposition. Ask “Does it still continue now?” Then identify whether the speaker gives a length of time or the point when it began.
| Stage | Teacher move | Evidence to collect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Meaning | Separate continuing situations from finished past events. | Six timeline decisions |
| 2 · Form | Build statements and how-long questions with for or since. | Six accurate forms |
| 3 · Decide | Require a timeline reason before each repair. | Six choices + three repairs |
| 4 · Plan | Organise six situations by start, duration, evidence and checkpoint. | One progress timeline map |
| 5 · Check | Use two accents as input, then elicit how-long and since-when questions. | Two listening maps + first review |
| 6 · Perform | Score the first review, target one weakness and allow a focused retry. | Independent six-situation review |
Stage 1 · Confirm what continues now
Start with meaning: Present Perfect with for/since describes a situation that began before now and remains true now.
STUDENT TASK
PAST STARTThe work, study, relationship or situation began before now.
CONTINUES NOWThe same situation is still true at the moment of speaking.
TIME LINKFor gives the duration; since gives the starting point.
- Read six situations: work here, know a colleague, live in a place, study English, use an app and manage a project.
- Decide whether each situation continues now or finished before now.
- For every continuing situation, point to its past start and the present moment.
- Say two complete continuing-situation updates.
Meaning contrast: “I have worked here for three years” means I still work here. “I worked there for three years” normally presents the period as finished.
Finish evidenceSix timeline decisions and two clear continuing-situation updates.
Teacher Help · Stage 1
Draw a single line from a past starting point to NOW. Ask “Is it still true?” before discussing for or since. If the situation finished, briefly contrast Past Simple but keep the learner’s practice focused on continuing situations.
Stage 2 · Choose duration or starting point
Use for with a length of time and since with the moment or event when the period began.
STUDENT TASK
| Time idea | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | have/has + participle + for + length | We have managed the project for six months. |
| Starting point | have/has + participle + since + point | She has worked here since January. |
| Starting event | have/has + participle + since + past clause | I have used the system since I joined the team. |
| Duration question | How long + have/has + subject + participle? | How long have you known Maya? |
The timeline rule
For answers “how long?” with a duration: for two days, for several years. Since answers “from when?” with a point or past event: since Monday, since 2024, since I moved here.
Keep the Present Perfect frame: subject + have/has + past participle.
- Sort these cues: two weeks, 2023, Monday, childhood, I started university and a long time.
- Build three for statements and three since statements.
- Underline have/has and the participle.
- Circle the duration or starting-point expression.
Finish evidenceSix controlled forms: three with for and three with since.
Teacher Help · Stage 2
Correct in layers: continuing meaning, have/has, participle, then for/since. Keep a small participle bank visible: lived, worked, known, studied, used, managed and been. Do not accept a clock-time expression as a duration.
Stage 3 · Choose, justify and repair
Match for or since to the timeline, then repair the Present Perfect form.
STUDENT TASK
| Time cue | Your choice | Reason to say |
|---|---|---|
| three months | for / since | duration or start? |
| the beginning of May | for / since | duration or start? |
| I joined this course | for / since | past starting event? |
| most of my adult life | for / since | duration or start? |
| last Tuesday | for / since | duration or start? |
| about forty minutes | for / since | duration or start? |
Check the choices and reasons
1 for — duration. 2 since — starting point. 3 since — past starting event. 4 for — duration. 5 since — starting point. 6 for — duration.
Repairs: “I am here since May.” → “I have been here since May.” · “She has known him for 2022.” → “She has known him since 2022.” · “How long do you work here?” → “How long have you worked here?”
- Choose for or since for all six cues and give a timeline reason.
- Repair all three timeline or form problems.
- Add a useful follow-up question to two repaired updates.
Finish evidenceSix reasoned choices, three complete repairs and two follow-up questions.
Teacher Help · Stage 3
Ask the learner to point to a length or a starting point before saying the preposition. For “since + clause”, keep the continuing situation in Present Perfect and the starting event in Past Simple.
Stage 4 · Map timelines and checkpoints
Turn separate sentences into a progress map that connects start, duration, present evidence and the next checkpoint.
STUDENT TASK
1 · STARTWhen did the situation begin?
2 · NOWWhat evidence shows it still continues?
3 · CHECKPOINTWhen will you review it again?
| Situation | Timeline note | Useful follow-up |
|---|---|---|
| Current job | I have worked here since 2024. | How has your role changed? |
| English learning | I have studied regularly for eight months. | What can you do more easily now? |
| Project ownership | We have managed it since the client approved the plan. | When will you review progress again? |
| Local connection | I have known this community for several years. | What has kept the connection active? |
- Choose six real continuing situations from work, study, home or community life.
- Write notes only: situation · start · duration · evidence now · checkpoint.
- Include at least two for phrases and two since phrases.
- Circle the one situation that needs the clearest next checkpoint.
Finish evidenceOne six-situation progress map with a clear next checkpoint.
Teacher Help · Stage 4
Planning notes must remain short so Stage 6 is spoken, not read. Check that every situation reaches NOW; if it finished, replace it or explicitly contrast it with Past Simple.
Stage 5 · Listen, question and update
Recover the situation, start, duration, present evidence and checkpoint, then give your first progress review.
STUDENT TASK
American English
British English
Learning progress profile
Track when each situation began, how long it has continued and one checkpoint.
- Listen once for the situation and once for start · duration · evidence now · checkpoint.
- Retell one recording in three connected timeline sentences.
- Give your planned six-situation review to a partner.
- Your partner asks one How long …? question and one Since when …? question.
- Answer both questions, explain one change and name one next checkpoint.
Useful review frame“I’ve ___ for ___. I’ve ___ since ___. It still continues because ___. How long have you ___? Let’s check this again ___.”
Finish evidenceTwo listening maps, one first review, two time questions and one checkpoint.
Teacher Help · Stage 5
Audio never starts automatically. Use the American recording first and the British recording for transfer. If the learner catches the situation but not the time link, replay only the sentence containing for or since before showing a model.
Stage 6 · Final Practice: review, checkpoint and retry
Run an independent progress review and improve one specific timeline weakness.
FINAL PRACTICE
Plan → review → question → checkpoint → retry
- Plan six notes only: situation · start · duration · evidence now · checkpoint.
- Give a connected 60–90 second progress review.
- Use for at least twice and since at least twice.
- Your partner asks one natural how-long question and one since-when question.
- Answer both questions, explain one change and agree on one next checkpoint.
- After one feedback target, retry only the weakest timeline–checkpoint connection.
Planning example: work here · since 2024 · responsibilities increased · review in September · study weekly · for eight months · speaking is faster · check again after ten lessons.
Score the first independent performance
MEAN · MeaningThe listener understands what continues now, how long it has continued and when it began.
FORM · FormThe learner controls have/has + participle with for + duration and since + starting point.
USE · Real useThe review covers six situations, answers both questions, explains one change and produces one checkpoint.
0 · Not yetThe timeline, for/since choice or continuing meaning is unclear, so the listener cannot identify the checkpoint.
1 · With supportThe review becomes clear after a timeline cue, model or focused correction.
2 · IndependentContinuing meaning, form and the agreed checkpoint are clear without a prompt.
Result: 0–2 Rebuild · 3–4 Developing · 5–6 B1 mastery evidence.
Finish evidenceFirst six-situation review + two time questions/answers + one change + one checkpoint + one focused retry.
Teacher Help · Stage 6
Score the first independent review across MEAN, FORM and USE. Give one target such as “confirm it continues now”, “separate duration from starting point”, “repair have/has + participle” or “connect the evidence to the checkpoint”. Keep the original score and record whether the focused retry improves that target.
Grammar you can use
You can now describe continuing situations with clear durations or starting points, ask useful time questions and agree on a next checkpoint. Use the Dynamic Learning Graph below for the next step.
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