1) SINCE a) It is used with periods of time (Jane has waited since four hours) b) it is used with points in time (Jane has waited since 3pm) 2) FOR a) It is used with an exact amount of days, weeks, hours, etc (for five weeks, for twelve hours) b) It is used with specific days, months, years (for Monday, for August, for 2020) 3) BEEN a) It is used when a person has returned from a place (I have been to Uruguay twice) b) It is used when a person has not returned from a place (I have been to work) 4) GONE a) It is used when someone has not come back from a place (She has gone to the supermarket) b) It is used when someone has come back from a place (I have gone to Tigre once and would go back again!)

Since, for, been and gone usage

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