1. FOR / SINCE

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

3. 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.

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 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. 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

6. 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.
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