Course Content
UNIT 1 | Effects of our Actions on the Environment
"Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. These negative impacts can affect human behavior and can prompt mass migrations or battles over clean water."
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1.1 Reading Comprehension: Can we do anything?
03:59
1.2 Speaking: Identifying a problem leading to the solution
09:11
1.3 Language Practice: Possessive Pronouns
04:28
1.4 Writing: Paragraph Writing
05:36
1.5 Study Skills: Free Writing
01:35
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
02:37
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Possessive Pronouns
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 2 | Social Etiquettes and Manners
"Social etiquette is a set of rules, manners, and actions that help people to portray themselves as pleasant, polished, and professional human beings. People who are social etiquette experts know how to behave and look their best in various social situations. Social etiquette shows you how to behave in different social settings, so you don’t have to question your behavior. Learning social etiquette can teach you how to communicate effectively and nicely. Social etiquette can help you to look more professional and make a good impression."
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2.1 Reading Comprehension: Problems and Solutions
01:15
2.2 Language Practice: Articles in English
07:13
2.3 Writing: Informal Letters
03:56
2.4 Study Skills: Cloze passage
02:03
2.5 Creative Writing
01:25
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
02:54
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Articles in English
ESL Games 🕹️🎮🎶
00:00
UNIT 3 | Awareness of Crisis, Accidents and Natural Calamities
"Natural disasters can encourage social cohesion and better relationships. When disasters strike, humans have a tendency to get together and show their traits and put them to work. It is during these times that we may work together and realize that all people are the same and have the same basic needs. Friendships may be formed and new things may come to life. The key to reducing loss of life, personal injuries, and damage from natural disasters is widespread public awareness and education. People must be made aware of what natural hazards they are likely to face in their own communities."
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3.1 Reading Comprehension: Learning to live in a critical situation
02:40
3.2 Speaking: Reasons for expressing ability and inability to do something
03:02
3.3 Language Practice: Conditional sentences
05:08
3.4 Writing: Essay Writing
13:52
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
02:25
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Reading Things
UNIT 4 | Awareness of and Empathy with Special People
"Developing social awareness and empathy takes time, effort, intention, and choice. No one is born with the ability to be perfectly informed and sensitive when it comes to the many complex social issues in our world.” Empathy is the ability to understand what another person is going through. It’s the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and to feel what they are feeling. It’s about being respectful and standing in solidarity with marginalized groups."
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4.1 Reading Comprehension: The blind boy
06:34
4.2 Making Wishes In Future Tense
07:02
4.3 Language Practice: Forming Adjectives
07:05
4.4 Question Words
03:40
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
02:32
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Future Tenses
UNIT 5 | Historical & Cultural Places of Pakistan
"Old buildings have intrinsic value." The stories of how places in Pakistan came to be have created historical sites and local culture. People enjoy visiting these places. The cultural and historic heritage defines a place as it captures the local design, festivities, and themes. These characteristics are often displayed in hospitality, signage, public art, and even music. Civic buildings such as libraries, schools, auditoriums, and government offices are public places that can benefit people through healthy design and their communities through shared use. Cultural and historical sites give a place a sense of identity while creating opportunities for community pride and tourism."
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5.1 Reading Comprehension: Pakistan home to ancient civilization
04:35
5.2 Language Practice: Present Perfect Tense
05:56
5.3 Articles in English
15:03
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
03:08
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Present Perfect Tense
UNIT 6 | Media as a Source of Knowledge
"Media plays a significant role in keeping everyone updated about the various events around the world. Today, we can check out the latest news and current affairs with just a few clicks of the mouse or by simply switching on the radio or television, apart from glancing at the newspaper every morning! Media is the plural form for medium and involves the collective communication sources or mediums including television, radio, newspapers, internet, social media sites, and various relevant sites and blogs. The main purpose of media is to disseminate information and knowledge."
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6.1 Reading Comprehension: Different Newspaper News
03:05
6.2 Language Practice: Use of Since and For
05:17
6.3 Writing: Narrative Writing
05:19
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
03:06
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Since/For Techniques
UNIT 7 | Learning Organized Approach through Identifying
"Continuous improvement programs are sprouting up all over as organizations strive to better themselves and gain an edge. The topic list is long and varied, and sometimes it seems as though a program a month is needed just to keep up. Solving a problem, introducing a product, and reengineering a process all require seeing the world in a new light and acting accordingly."
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7.1 Reading Comprehension: Rafia Wedding
03:59
7.2 Language Practice: Position of Adverbs
03:30
7.3 Writing: Descriptive Essay Writing
09:03
3️⃣ Minute English 💡 💬
00:00
Quiz Yourself 💭🤔💭 | Adverbs
English – VII
About Lesson

Table Summarizing the Difference between For and Since

For Since
Meaning The word ‘for’ is used to show a period, in the past, present, or future. The word ‘since’ is used to refer to a time (an action that began in the past and is continuing).
usage It is used as a preposition.  It is used as a preposition. 
Example I was waiting for an hour.  We have been married since 1996.
for and since for Time
We lived there for five years.
He has been away since Tuesday.

We often use for and since when talking about time.

for + period: a “period” is a duration of time – five minutes, two weeks, six years. For means “from the beginning of the period to the end of the period”.

since + point: a “point” is a precise moment in time – 9 o’clock, 1st January, Monday. Since means “from a point in the past until now”.

Look at these examples:

for
a period
from start to end		 since
a point
from then to now
>===< x===>|
for 20 minutes
for three days
for 6 months
for 4 years
for 2 centuries
for a long time
for ever since		 since 9am
since Monday
since January
since 1997
since 1500
since I left school
since the beginning of time all
all tenses perfect perfect tenses
The Difference between For and Since – Meanings

The preposition ‘for’ is used to denote a specific amount of time in which someone or something was acting. For example, “I have been looking for my dog for some time now.” Here, ‘for some time now represents not an exact but a particular amount of time. The word ‘since’, on the other hand, refers to a particular point of time from when the action started/began in the past to the present. It indicates that the action is continuing. For example, “Raj has been living in London since 2003.”

Examples of For and Since

Here are a few more examples to help you understand how the two prepositions are used.

  • Bruce has been traveling for the past two weeks.
  • Neethu will be here for a few hours.
  • I have known you since you were a kid.
  • Shanti has been working as a content writer since 2018.

for

For can be used with all tenses. Here are a few examples:

  • They study for two hours every day.
  • They are studying for three hours today.
  • He has lived in Bangkok for a long time.
  • He has been living in Paris for three months.
  • I worked at that bank for five years.
  • Will the universe continue forever?

We do not use “all day”, or “all the time”:

  • I was there all day. (not for all day)
since

Since is normally used with perfect tenses:

  • He has been here since 9 am.
  • He has been working since he arrived.
  • I had lived in New York since my childhood.

We also use since in the structure “It is [period] since”:

  • It was a year since I had seen her.
  • How long is it since you got married?
Since vs For Common Structures

For a day
ten months
three weeks
six years
two hours
a long time
several hours
Since

1990
May
last year
Christmas
yesterday
my wedding day
she left you
yesterday
then
I was born
Example Sentences

Jackson has been ill for two weeks.
They have not seen my son since the beginning of the year.
I haven’t lived in Istanbul since 1995.
I haven’t been to Germany since I got married.
I last saw him in September. I have not seen him since then.
We haven’t heard from him since he phoned us six hours ago.
I haven’t seen him for years.

Warning! Be careful when using negative with since.

It is 5 years since I didn’t eat sushi.
I haven’t eaten sushi for 5 years.

Quick Exercise

Complete the following sentences, using for or since.

1. We lived in Stockton in 2005.

2. She has become very annoying since she quit smoking.

3. I haven’t seen Dan for two weeks.

4. The dog hasn’t had any food since 3 o’clock.

5. We stayed at the motel for 2 days.

6. I haven’t received any mail for a week.

7. Edi has done a lot of work since he joined us.

8. It hasn’t rained in weeks.

9. I haven’t eaten anything from yesterday’s breakfast.

10. He has been taking care of me since I was born.

Exercise Files
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