FOR, SINCE, AGO

Name: __________________ Date: __/__/____ Score_______

WORKSHEET-1

1. Jay has been in India _________ Monday.

a. for b. since

2. Jim has been in Singapore _______ three days.

a. for b. since

3. Leena is studying medicine at university. She started _______.

a. three years ago b. for three years
c. since three years

4. My aunt has lived in Australia______ 15 years.

a. for b. since

5. Jill is in Ireland now. She arrived there ________.

a. for three days b. since three days
c. three days ago

6. Mayra is in her office. She has been there______ 7 o'clock.

a. for b. since

7. It's raining. It started ________.

a. for an hour b. an hour ago
c. since an hour

8. India has been an independent country_____ 1947.

a. for b. since

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9. They are married. They got married __________.
a. six months ago b. for six months
c. since six months.

10. The bus is late. We've been waiting ____20 minutes.

a. for b. since

11. I had dinner _______.

a. an hour ago b. for an hour c. since an hour

12. Nobody lives in those houses. They have been empty____ many
years.
a. for b. since

13. Mohit has been ill a long time.

a. for b. since

14. Life was very different ________.

a. for a hundred years b. a hundred years ago
c. since hundred years.

15. She has been in India________.

a. three days ago b. since three days
c. for three days

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Answer key Worksheet-1
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. b
8. b
9. a
10. a
11. a
12. a
13. a
14. b
15. c

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