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A- Complete the sentences with since or for.

1. He has had his new car ______ some weeks.

2. They have known each other ______ they were at

school.

3. I have been working ______ the alarm clock rang in the morning.

4. They haven’t spoken with one another ______ ages.

5. You’ve asked the same questions every day ______ the last few weeks.

6. She has been working here ______ the end of last month.

7. It has been raining ______ lunch time.

8. I’ve phone you four times ______ you gave me your number.

9. That picture has been standing on that wall ______ I was a child.

10. He has been in the United States ______ March.

11. He’s fast asleep and he’s only in bed ______ two minutes.

12. She’s worked at the travel agency for a long time.

13. He hasn’t had a bath ______ he fell in the river two years ago.

14. They have left home ______ six month.

15. They have known all those people ______ half a century.

16. Shelley has been missing classes ______ the end of last term.

17. He has been watching his new videos ______ he bought them.

18. He has been studying a lot ______ last October.

19. Michael has done this job ______ more than two years.

20. I’ve written a lot of Christmas postcards ______ the 1st December.

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