For, Since or Ago: Multiple Choice

Choose the phrase that completes each sentence. Your first choice counts.

1. I started my new job _____, so I'm still learning everyone's names.

2. Tomás has worked at the city hospital _____.

3. A: How long did you stay in Kraków? B: We stayed there _____. It was a lovely trip.

4. In 2015, my family lived in Nairobi _____. Now we live in Lagos again.

5. Grandma was in hospital _____ after a fall, but only for one night.

6. My brother hasn't called me _____. Is he OK?

7. Mariam has been a vegetarian _____. She doesn't miss meat at all.

8. A: When were you in Vienna? B: I was there _____. It was my first trip abroad.

9. We planted this apple tree _____ when we first moved here. Now it's taller than our house.

10. We sat in that room _____ yesterday and decided nothing. What a waste of time!

11. I've had this cold _____. I feel terrible.

12. My grandfather worked on a fishing boat _____, when he was a teenager. He still loves the sea.

13. Priya was on holiday in Crete _____, on her eighteenth birthday.

14. Yuki and I have been friends _____. We were in the same class when we were seven.

15. We visited my aunt in Izmir _____ every summer when I was a child. She still lives there.

16. Diego broke his arm _____ in the last match of the season. He's playing again now.

17. Kofi was ill _____ last month, but he's fine now.

18. Dad has been in the garden _____. Shall I call him in for dinner?

19. Hurry up! It's twenty to eight. The film started _____.

20. I was so tired that I slept _____ without waking up once.