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Manue Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Concept questions for Present Perfect + for

Hello,

I am working with the sentence is 'He's lived here for five years'

And my concept questions so far are:

- When did he move here? 5 years ago

- Does he live here now? Yes

- How long has he lived here for? 5 years

Could you please tell me if they are useful? and could you think of others I could use?

Thank you.
  

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". Your questions are quite right. " "He's been living here for 5 years".

— Pieanne

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You don't need the "for" in your 3rd example: "How long has he lived here?".

Your questions are quite right. Yet, I'd use the -ing form with those verbs expressing an action that takes a long time to develop: "How long has he been living here?" "He's been living here for 5 years".
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Hi Pieanne,

Thank you for your email, however my target language is present perfect so I have to stick with it in the concept questions as well.

Emma
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Sorry! So forget about my remarks about the -ing form. But drop the "for" in that question.
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Its not advised to use the target language in the CCQ because it's supposed they don't know that point yet.

Rhory
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The point of a CCQ is to check whether learners have fully understood what they have just been exposed to. The idea is that they do know it - the CCQ serves to confirm this.
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I disagree, I have tried many times without avail. i suppose you could ask at the end ....So ..... "how long has he lived there" emphasising that this is the structure.
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