22.08.2018

http://englishgrammarexercise.com/prepositions-english-mixed-exercise-4/

Exercise. Do we use for or since with the following time references?

• I haven't phoned home  --- for since  Christmas.
• We've been here  --- for since  nine o'clock.
• I have worked for International House  --- for since  more than eight years.
• I haven't visited my home town  --- for since  I left school.
• I haven't been to the cinema  --- for since  ages.
• I have studied non-stop  --- for since  9.15.
• I have had a driving licence  --- for since  I was eighteen.
• She hasn't had a day off  --- for since  1999.
• Johan has been in England  --- for since  more than two weeks now.
• Peter has been my best friend  --- for since  we were nine.

for	since	just	yet
in	last	ago	from / to

e.g.	I haven't seen her for ages.
1	We have lived here  1992.
2	Have you heard the news? There's  been an earthquake in Japan.
3	The window cleaner started an hour . He hasn't finished .
4	Sheila was born  1965.
5	They have worked there  three years now.
6	Tony and Jane lived in Hong Kong  1995  2000. They lived there for five years.
7	They left Hong Kong  2000.
8	They  went back for a holiday  2003.
9	I've always wanted to be a famous actor,  I was a child.
10	When did you  have a holiday?