Question

Exercise
Fill in the blanks with since or for:
He has been here .......... last Monday.
She has been on the phone.......... twenty minutos.
I have been in this town.......... 1967.
You have been ........... married
Raman has been on ............holiday.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) since

b) for

c) since

d) for

e) for

Answer 2

Answer:

He has been here since last Monday.

She has been on the phone for twenty minutes.

I have been in this town since 1967.

You have been married for twenty years.

Raman has been on holiday for two months.​

Explanation:

• Since and for are prepositions.

• Prepositions are used to connect or relate words in a sentence.

• Since is used to refer to a period that had already begun and is continuing.

• For is used to refer to a particular period.

• For example, in the first sentence, it mentions that the person was here from last Monday and still he is here. Thus, we use the preposition since.

• In the second sentence, the time is already mentioned, that is, twenty minutes. Thus, we use the preposition for.

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