1. FOR / SINCE

2. FOR SINC
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ONE DAY YESTERDAY
NINE YEARS 1999
FIVE HOURS 6 O’CLOCK

3. FOR SINCE
• ALL TENSES PERFECT TENSES
I run for an hour. I have lived here since 1985.
I studied for 3 years. It has been raining since last night.
He has worked for 5 days.
They were waiting for hours.
She has been here for 2 weeks.
DO NOT USE FOR WITH:
ALL DAY, ALL THE TIME
I studied ALL DAY.
He laughs ALL THE TIME.

4. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1.- a) FOR a long period b) SINCE a long period
2.- a) FOR I met you b) SINCE I met you
3.- a) FOR 1992 b) SINCE 1992
4.- a) FOR 6 weeks b) SINCE 6 weeks
5.- a) FOR such a long time b) SINCE such a long time

5. 6.- a) FOR my last vacation b) SINCE my last vacation
7.- a) FOR many years b) SINCE many years
8.- a) FOR 8 o’clock b) SINCE 8 o’clock
9.- a) FOR March 12 b) SINCE March 12
11.- a) FOR ages b) SINCE ages

6. • FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH FOR OR SINCE.
1)I have lived here .................. I was born.
2)What have you been doing ……..… we last spoke?
3)I have been working …………… several weeks.
4)Bill hasn’t talked to me ………..… our argument.
5)Tony has been with us ……….. twenty-five years.
6)She hadn’t eaten anything ……….... a while.
7)They have been migrating ………... over a century.
8)Nobody has seen her …….….. then.
9)Nothing has changed …………….. you came.
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7. • FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH FOR OR SINCE.
1)I have lived here .................. I was born.
2)What have you been doing ……..… we last spoke?
3)I have been working …………… several weeks.
4)Bill hasn’t talked to me ………..… our argument.
5)Tony has been with us ……….. twenty-five years.
6)She hadn’t eaten anything ……….... a while.
7)They have been migrating ………... over a century.
8)Nobody has seen her …….….. then.
9)Nothing has changed …………….. you came.
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