For vs Since - Easy Exercises
A2 Level
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The easiest way to choose is to ask the right question. For answers "How long?": for two days, for a month, for ages. Since answers "Since when?": since Monday, since January, since I was a child. A period of time needs for; a point in time, date, or past event needs since. Both forms are useful for work, study, friendships, homes, and routines. The verb often stays the same; the preposition changes because the time phrase changes in each full sentence you read.
Quick Rule
subject + have/has + past participle + for + duration | subject + have/has + past participle + since + starting point/event
- 1.I have lived in Cardiff for five years.
- 2.She has known Omar since school.
- 3.We have not seen them for a month.
- 4.The shop has been open since Monday.
- 5.He has worked here for a long time.
All 20 questions
Complete each sentence with 'for' or 'since'.
I have known Maria _____ we were at school together.
We have waited _____ two hours.
I have been learning English _____ a few years.
He has been sick _____ last Monday.
We have been friends _____ a long time.
She has been a teacher _____ over twenty years.
She has felt much better _____ she started exercising.
We have lived in this flat _____ ages.
I haven't spoken to her _____ the party last week.
My parents have had this car _____ about three years.
She has worked here _____ 2021.
She has played the piano _____ she was seven.
We haven't seen each other _____ Christmas.
I haven't eaten anything _____ breakfast.
He has been sleeping _____ three hours.
Tom has studied French _____ six months.
They have been married _____ 2015.
I have lived in Madrid _____ five years.
They have lived in London _____ ten months.
He has had that dog _____ he moved to the countryside.
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