FOR / SINCE

FOR SINCE . PERIOD POINT ONE DAY YESTERDAY NINE YEARS 1999 X---X---X---X- . ONE DAY YESTERDAY NINE YEARS 1999 FIVE HOURS 6 O’CLOCK

FOR SINCE ALL TENSES PERFECT TENSES DO NOT USE FOR WITH: 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.

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

7.- a) FOR many years b) SINCE many years 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

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