Group: Date:

__24/03/2020__________
Mane: Topics: SINCE-FOR-AGO 698244
Mayra Carolina Contreras Pacheco

I. Exercise: Complete the following sentences, using “for” or “since.”

1. Jane has been absent from class since Monday.
2. Jane has been absent from class for several days.
3. The baby has been walking for two months.
4. The baby has been walking since January.
5. We have been in business since 2001.
6. We have been in business for over five years.
7. She’s had a pet monkey since last year.
8. She’s had a pet monkey for months.
9. Keith has been playing the piano since he was a young child.
10. Keith has been playing the piano for20 years.

II. Time Statements with “Since”, “For” and “Ago”

1. I have been studying English for three years.
2. We have been waiting for delivery since last Tuesday.
3. They arrived here ten days ago
4. I met him two years ago
5. I have been trying to get through on the phone for the past hour.
6. The machine broke down an hour ago
7. I have been driving since 1974.
8. The new art gallery has been open since October.
9. We had to buy a new washing machine a couple of days ago
10. That politician has been talking for six hours.
11. I haven’t had a cigarette since I gave up on my birthday last year.
12. I have been waiting for only a few minutes.
13. He has been eating in that expensive restaurant ever since he got his new job.
14. I left the firm two years ago
15. He has been working here since the beginning of the month.