SINCE or FOR ? Fill in with since or for.
1. ______ ten o’clock 1. She has been in hospital _____ this
2. ______ Christmas morning.
3. ______ last summer 2. Joe has lived in London _____ five
4. ______ ten minutes years.
5. ______ one month 3. We have known each other _____
6. ______ my birthday June 2010.
7. ______ the last lesson 4. How long have you been here? – I
8. ______ a long time have been here _____ half an hour.
9. ______ a week 5. I have had this teddy bear _____ I
10. ______ the beginning of the was a little child.
term 6. Jason has made music _____ more
11. ______ ages than 25 years.
12. ______ we met the last time 7. My mother hasn’t spoken to my
sister _____ three days.
8. I have learned these words _____
three hours.
Fill in with SINCE or FOR and the right
form of the present perfect.
1. Joe __________ (be) at this school
_____ five years.
2. Where’s Alison? I __________ (not Complete these sentences with since
see) her _____ this morning.
or for and the right form of the verb.
3. Mr Wayne __________ (know) his
1. Our family __________ (live) in the
wife _____ they were both small
north of the USA _____ 1997.
children.
2. My father __________ (work) as an
4. Ben __________ (not see) his uncle
engineer _____ then.
_____ several years.
3. My parents __________ (divorce)
5. I __________ (not be) vey well _____
_____ more than five years now.
Monday.
4. My sister __________ (know) he
6. My brother __________ (have) his
boyfriend _____ six years.
new mountain bike _____ two
5. I __________ (not see) my aunt
weeks.
_____ last summer.
7. They __________ (live) here _____
6. My friend Tommy lives in the
they first came to Britain.
south. I __________ (not talk) to him
8. The poor animal is very hungry. It
_____ a long time.
__________ (not have) anything to
7. My friend Margo __________ (write)
eat _____ days.
me two letter _____ I met her at
the summer camp.