FOR and SINCE

     FOR     ---------   SINCE

FOR    and   SINCE    are   used   to express   time   FOR  denotes the whole period of time ( duration) :   for one year -    for two weeks - for a long time -                  for  three months    SINCE  only shows the moment when the action   started ( a specific time)    since last Monday                        since I was born  -

 

I°  Write   SINCE    or   FOR

 

1. forsince a very long time                2. forsinceI left school

3. forsince10 years                           4. forsinceit started to rain

5. forsincethree weeks                      6. forsinceSeptember

7. forsinceI came to London               8. forsincehalf an hour 

9. forsincemy birthday                     10. forsincesix months 

 

II°  Complete with    For   or   SINCE

 

1) I have been a teacher  forsince 30 years

2. Bob has worked in that import export company forsince he was thirty

3. I have studied English  forsince four years 

4. Jenny has eaten  five hamburgers  forsince  7pm

5. My parents have been married  forsince  twenty years 

6.  I have known my best friend  forsince I met him at high school

7. They have travelled in the USA forsince  one month

8. The boys have played tennis forsince two hours

9. Kevin has been in Greece  forsince   July 

10. My  brother has  drunk beer  forsince two hours 

11. I haven't eaten anything  forsince lunch 

 

III° Make sentences using      FOR   or  SINCE 

 

ex: How long have you studied German ? ( 2004)   I have studied German  since 2004

 

1)How long have you lived in Paris ?  ( five years)

2) How long have you played football ? ( two years)

3) How long has Helen known Paul ? ( February )

4) How long  has Jim been on holiday ? ( Saturday)

 

       

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