Fill in the following sentences by using for or since.

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1. They have been living in Madrid ___since___ 1972.

2. He has been in prison__for____ four years.

3. He has known about the fact __for____ a long time.

4. Conditions have changed a lot _since_____ we were children.

5. Our teacher has been very ill _since_____ the last month.

6. I haven't eaten anything _for_____ twenty-four hours.

7. In fact he is always very rude. We have been waiting for him_for_____ half an hour.

8. I haven't seen him for three years. It is because I haven't been there _since_____ I left
school.

9. I have been trying to mend this old fashioned car _for_____ hours.

10. One of my friends has been teaching in Tokyo _for_____ three years. I haven't met him
since last year.

11. I haven't enjoyed myself _since_____ two weeks since I heard that my final exam grades
were low.

12. I know that you have never seen a lion _since_____ you were born. Then now I say that
we can go to the zoo and see one.

13. The police have been looking for him for two weeks _since_____ he escaped from the
prison.

14. He hasn't spoken to me even a word _since_____ the last meeting.

15. I haven't phoned him __for____ a week.

16. He has been the principal of our high school _since_____1988.

17. Dean has been learning Japanese __for____ two years.