21099 for since

FOR OR SINCE
FOR
three days
an hour
a week
a month
five years

ten minutes
two hours
four weeks
six months
a long time

Monday
9 o’clock
24th July
January
1985

 Richard has lived in Canada for
six months.
 We’ve been here for two hours.
 I’ve had my car for a long time.

SINCE
Wednesday
12:30
Christmas
I was 10 years old
we arrived

 Richard has lived in Canada since
January.
 We’ve been here since 9 o’clock.
 I’ve had my car since 2000.

Complete the sentences using ‘for’ or ‘since’

Jane has been in London............................................Sunday
Bob has been in France .........................................three weeks.
My uncle has lived in Australia ........................................fifteen years.
We have been here ...............................................early this morning.
India has been an independent country ....................................1947.
We have been waiting for the bus....................................twenty minutes.
I haven’t been to England .................................a long time.
Jane has been ill .........................................Monday.
Pat has been in hospital .............................March.
Liz has been studying English .........................................six months.
Dad’s been busy ........................... he got home from work.
I'm just going to lie down ............... an hour or so.


KEY

Jane has been in London. SINCE Sunday
Bob has been in France FOR three weeks.
My uncle has lived in Australia FOR fifteen years.
We have been here SINCE early this morning.
India has been an independent country SINCE 1947.
We have been waiting for the bus FOR twenty minutes.

I haven’t been to England FOR a long time.
Jane has been ill SINCE Monday.
Pat has been in hospital SINCE March.
Liz has been studying English FOR six months.
Dad’s been busy SINCE he got home from work.
I'm just going to lie down FOR an hour or so.