Question

Complete the sentences with for or since.
1 Jill is in Ireland now. She arrived there three days ago. She has been there for three days.
2 Jack is here. He arrived here on Tuesday. He has
3 It's raining. It started an hour ago. It's been
4 I know Sue. I first met Sue two years ago. I've
5 I have a canmera. I bought it in 1989. I've
6 They are married. They got married six months ago. They've
7 Liz is studying medicine at university. She started three years ago. She has
8 Dave plays the piano. He started when he was seven years old. Dave has

Answer 1

Answer:

2. he had been there since Tuesday

3. it's been going on for one hour.

4. I've been with susan for two years

5. I've been with it since 1989

6. theyve been since six months

7. she has studying medicine for 3 years.

8. Dave has been playing the piano since seven years old.

Answer 2

1. Jill is in Ireland now. She arrived there three days ago. She has been there for three days.

2 Jack is here. He arrived here on Tuesday. He has been here since Tuesday.

3 It's raining. It started an hour ago. It's been raining for an hour.

4 I know Sue. I first met Sue two years ago. I've known Sue for two years.

5 I have a camera. I bought it in 1989. I've had a camera since 1989.

6 They are married. They got married six months ago. They've been married for six months.

7 Liz is studying medicine at university. She started three years ago. She has been studying at university for three years.

8 Dave plays the piano. He started when he was seven years old. Dave has been playing the piano since he was seven years old.

EXPLANATION :

• To denote a period For and since are used as a preposition.
• Prepositions are parts of speech that are used before nouns and noun phrases to establish a relationship of nouns with another part of the sentence.
• So, we can say that for and since are prepositions of time used in different situations.
• 'For' is used to denote an approximate time that is not exact.
• For example-

I have been searching for my pencil for some time now.

• In the above example 'for some time now is describing a specific amount of time.
• Whereas, Since is used to describe a specific time which was started in the past and continues in the present.

1. For example - Uncle Ramesh has known me since I was a kid.

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