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French students have problems with translating depuis, il y a, because there isn't an exact match between the concepts of time between French and English.

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Jill moved to France in 2010. When did Jill move to France?

She moved here 10 years ago.

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Jill moved to France in 2010. How long has she lived in France?

She has lived here FOR 10 years. She has lived here since 2010.

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Jill started teaching English in 2012.

How long has Jill taught English? How long has Jill been teaching English?

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Jill started teaching English in 2012. When did Jill start teaching English?

She started teaching English 8 years ago.

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Jill started teaching English in 2012. How long has Jill been teaching English?

since 2012 / for 8 years.

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Jill started learning French at school. How long has she been learning French?

since she was at school / for a very, very, very long time.

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Queen Elizabeth the second became queen in 1952. How long has she been queen?

since 1952 / for a long time / for all of my life time / for 68 years

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Queen Elizabeth the second became queen in 1952.

How long has she been queen? since 1952 / for 68 years

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Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019. How long has he been leading the UK?

For just over a year / for too long / since 2019

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Queen Elizabeth the second became queen in 1952. When did she become queen?

68 years ago

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Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019. When did he become PM?

Just over a year ago.

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President Macron won the election in 2017. How long has he been president?

for 3 years / since 2017

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When did Emmanuel Macron become president?

in 2017 / 3 years ago

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How long has Trump been president of the USA? (Jan 2017)

for too long / for nearly 4 years / since January 2017

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When did Trump become president of the United States? (nearly 4 years)

Nearly 4 years ago.

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Ask someone else a question starting "How long ..........?"

How long have you .......?

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