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EXERCISES 1: Fill in the blank. Decide whether to use “since” or “for”.

Notes: - since - if the starting point is given (two o'clock, last Friday, 1998)
- for - if the period of time is given (twenty minutes, two days, one year)

1. I have been waiting 2 o'clock.

2. Sue has only been waiting 30 minutes.
3. Lim and Dina have been learning financial course four years.

4. Fred and Frida have been learning French 2000.

5. Joey and Josephine have been going out together Valentine's Day.

6. I haven't been on holiday last August.

7. Mary has been saving her money many years.

8. I haven't eaten anything breakfast.

9. You have been watching TV hours.

10. We have been living here 2 months.

Exercise 2: CHOOSE on the correct answer.
1. I've lived with her ______ six years.

for

since

2. I've been ill ______ last night.

for
since

3. I have known about that ______ yesterday.

for
since