Question

Exercise 1: Complete the following exercise with FOR or SINCE.

1- Nobody has come to see us ___________ we bought this small house.

2- She has been a doctor ___________ 1998.

3- Nobody has seen her ___________ then.

4- They have all been ill ___________ last week.

5- Peter went to the library. He has studied there ___________ a long time.

6- It has been very foggy ___________ early morning.

7- I’ve worked with you ___________ nine years.

8- He has been in prison ___________ two years.

9- She has worked in that office ___________ a month.

10- He hasn’t eaten anything ___________ twenty-four hours.

11- He hasn’t eaten anything ___________ yesterday.

12- They haven’t spoken to us ___________ we were at school.

13- I haven’t talked to her ___________ my birthday.

14- She’s been ill ___________ years.

15- I’ve been very patient with you ___________ several years.

16- I’ve had this job ___________ three months.

17- I’ve known her ___________ we both studied in London.

18- We’ve lived in Germany ___________ 1997

19- They’ve had this car ___________April.

20- Things have changed ___________ I was in your house.

21- I’ve known her ___________ the Gulf War.

22- We have been there ___________ October

23- I have been a vegetarian ___________ 1998

24- I have lived in this flat ___________ five years.

25- I’ve known her ___________ ages.

Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.

1 - FOR / SINCE six weeks.

2 - FOR / SINCE Sunday.

3 - FOR / SINCE this morning.

4 - FOR / SINCE a long time.

5 - FOR / SINCE breakfast time.

6 - FOR / SINCE 1967.

Answer 1

Resposta:

1. since

2. since

3. since

4. since

5. for

6. since

7. for

8. for

9.for

10. for

11. since

12. since

13. since

14. for

15. for

16. for

17. since

18.since

19. since

20. since

21. since

22. since

23. since

24. for

25. for

Exercise 2:

for six weeks

since Sunday

since this morning

for a long time

since breakfast time

since 1967

Explicação:

Usamos since (desde) para dizer quando uma ação foi iniciada - ano, data precisa ou momento.

since 2010

since last week

Usamos for (por) para descrever por quanto tempo algo tem acontecido.

for 10 years

for 3 days

for hours

Answer 2

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