Look at the table. How do you say for and
since in your language? Do you use the
present perfect with these expressions?
for and since

We use for to talk about a period of time.
He's been there for three days.
We use since to talk about a point in time.
He's been there since Saturday.

the republic of belarus is situated in the center of europe on the watershed of the baltic and black seas. the capital is minsk. belarus borders on poland, lithuania, latvia, russia and ukraine. the total length of the state border makes up 2,969 km. geographic and climatic conditions favor the development of transport and economic relations. the shortest ways from russia to western europe and from the baltic sea to the black sea run through belarus.

the territory of belarus is 207.6 thousand sq km. it stretches from west to east for 650 km and from north to south for 560 km.

my perfect school: for me the school is my second house. here we communicate, consult and we mature. for many pupils and for me the school is something more than simply formation. not without reason adults say that school days are the best years of their life.yes it is valid, the person spends the most important years of the life at school. here it finds true friends, is defined in a choice of the hobbies, for the first time meets vital difficulties and rejoices to the first victories.  i love the school and is very glad that i study in it. here i have opened the private world, have learned the inner self. school - my second house, and each time i come to the school with a smile and good mood.in school pass better years of mine sew lives – a youth. i am glad that my youth passes here! a stage of a course of life.

on monday we had not  (did not have) five lessons. the first lesson was not russian. at this lesson we didn*t write a dictation and  didn*t do any exercises. nick did not go to the blackboard. he  did not answer well and did not get a "five". pete did not get a "five" because he did not know his lesson. after the second lesson i did not go to the canteen. i did not eat a sandwich and did not drink a cup of tea. i did not drink milk. after school i did not go home at once. i  did not go to the library and  did not change my books. then i  did not go  home.

  gold was discovered in california in 1848 by someone.

the discovery of gold  was made  in california in 1848.