điền since/for.ago

32. I've been working……since……….I got up.
33. The kettle has been boiling…………….ten minutes

34. They have been living in Madrid ……………..1972.
35. He has been in prison……………… four years.
36. He has known about the fact …………….a long time.
37. Conditions have changed a lot ……………….we were children.
38. Our teacher has been very ill …………….the last month.
39. I haven't eaten anything …………….twenty-four hours.
40. In fact he is always very rude. We have been waiting for him …………..half an hour.
41. I haven't seen him for three years. It is because I haven't been there…………..I left school.
42. I have been trying to mend this old fashioned car……………… hours.
43. One of my friends has been teaching in Tokyo…………….. three years. I haven't met him since last year.
44. I haven't enjoyed myself…………….two weeks since I heard that my final exam grades were low.
45. I know that you have never seen a lion………. you were born. Then now I say that we can go to the zoo and see one.
46. The police have been looking for him for two weeks……….. he escaped from the prison.
47. He hasn't spoken to me even a word …………..the last meeting.
48. I haven't phoned him ……………a week.
49. He has been the principal of our high school ……………1988.
49. Dean has been learning Japanese ………..two years.

50. I have been waiting ………….4 o'clock.

51. Sue has only been waiting ……………..20 minutes.

52. Tim and Tina have been learning English …………six years.

53. Fred and Frida have been learning French …………………1998.

54. Joe and Josephine have been going out together ……….Valentine's Day.

55. I haven't been on holiday ………………….last July.

56. Mary has been saving her money ………….many years.

57. I haven't eaten anything …………….breakfast.

58. You have been watching TV …………hours.

59.  We have been living here ……………2 months.

60. What have you been doing _____ we last spoke?

61. What has changed in your life _____ you moved here?
62. I have been working full-time _____ several weeks now.
63. Donald hasn't wanted to talk to me _____ our argument.

64. Tony Swanson has been with the company _____ 25 years.
65. The little girl was hungry because she hadn’t eaten anything _____ a while.
66. Puerto Ricans have been migrating to the United States _____ over a century.
67. Human beings have sought to know the unimaginable _____ the beginning of time.
68. It is believed that everything in the universe has existed _____ the Big Bang 15 billion years ago.
69. Is there a family member who has a talent that has been in your family _____ several generations?

70. The weather is dry. It hasn't rained…………….a few weeks.
71. It's been raining…………….lunchtime.
72. Sarah has lived in Paris…………….1995.
73. Paul has lived in London…………….10 years.
74. I'm tired of waiting. We've been sitting here…………….an hour.
75. Kevin has been looking for a job…………….he left school.
76. I haven't been to a party …………….ages.

I. Put these words in their correct order to make sentences.

1. this / run / my / has / brother / company / since / year / last.

2. since /1998 / football/ has/ he/ played/ for / team / this.

3. I/ him / known / have/ since/ was/ I / child/ a.

4. I/ learnt / have / for/ 9 months / Japan.

5. since/ my / family/ lived/ has/ here/ was/ I / 11 years old.

II. Choose the correct answers by using since or for.

1. That's very old bicycle. I've had it ................. ages.

2. I have been on holiday ......... 3 days.

3. It's 2 years ............... I had a holiday.

4. My watch hasn't stopped working ............ this morning.

5. I have known him .............. a long time.

TKS

I/ Complete the sentences. Put for or since into each gap

1. I have known her ____________ three days.

2. We have lived in this town ___________ nearly 20 years.

3. It has been raining ____________ lunch time.

4. The villagers have known about the plans ___________ a week.

5. She has lived in London ________ 1985.

6. The house is very dirty. We haven’t cleaned it _________ ages.

7. I haven’ t seen Tom _________ we left school.

8. Please hurry up ! We have been waiting ___________ an hour.

9. I have known her __________ January.

10. Have you learnt English _________ a long time ?

11. Nam’s father has worked in this company _________20 years.

12. Mr Quang has taught Math in this school _________ he graduated from the University in 1989

C. will receive D. am receiving

14. They for nearly 50 years.

A. marry B. have been married

C. married D. will marry

15. How many times there so far? A few times.

A. have you been B. would you be

C. were you D. had you been

16. It’s at least a month since Tom.

A. I last seen B. I last see C. I have last seen D. I last saw

17. We almost every lesson in this book so far.

A. study B. studies C. has studied D. have studied

18. We that television program.

A. never watch B. not never watch

C. have never watched D. has never watched

19. Up to then, I such a big fire.

A. have never seen B. had never seen

C. never seen D. never see

20. I her since I a student.

A. know/ am B. knew/ was

C. have known/ am D. have known/ was

Read the passage and answer the questions.

    John Brown is a lecturer. He went to university in 1982, and was one of the best students at that time. In 1990, he became a professor. He has been a senior lecturer since then. He is a very well known in his teaching career. He has written five books about education, including a book “How to teach deaf children” in 1995. He is married to his assistant, Linda. They have two children.

Is he a very well-known in his teaching career?

………………………………………………………………………………………

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1. The X-ray ............. in 1895.

A .is said to have been discovered

B. is said to be discovered

C. said to have been discovered

D. said to discover

2. I hate ................ personal questions by newly-acquainted friends.

A. to be asking

B. be asked

C. being asked

D. of asking

3. It ......... that learning a foreign language ............ a lot of time.

A. says/is taken

B. is saying/has been taken

C. is said / takes

D. was said/ was taken

4. .............. yet?

A. Have the letters been typed

B. Have been the letters typed

C. Have the letters typed

D. Had the letters typed

5. ........... the room been cleaned yet?

A. Have

B. Has

C. Did

D. Was

6. In the US, the first stage of compulsory education .............. as elementary education.

A. to be generally known

B. is generally known

C. generally known

D. is generally knowing

7. Portuguese ............ as an official language in this city for three hundred years.

A. has always been spoken

B. has been spoken always

C. has always spoken

D. had always spoken

8. This car .........................

A. was manufactured in Japan by Toyata last year.

B. was manufactured by Toyata in Japan last year.

C. was manufactured last year in Japan by Toyata.

D. last year was manufactured last year in Japan by Toyata.

 John Brown is a lecturer. He went to university in 1982, and was one of the best students at that time.
In 1990, he became a professor. He has been a senior lecturer since then. He is very well-known in his
teaching career. He has written five books about education, including a book “How to teach deaf children” in
1995. He has been to Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam to give lectures dealing with “disabled students
and integrated education”. He was married to his assistant, Linda. They have two children. In the 1990s, they
lived in the suburbs of London. They are now living in the center of the city. In fact, they have lived there
since 2000.
Statements True False
5. When Mr. John Brown went to university, he was the best student.
6. He has written five books about entertainment.
7. They are now living in the suburbs of London.
8. He got married to one of his best students.

Multiple choice:

1. The telephone .................... by Alexander Graham Bell.

A. invented

B. is inventing

C. be invented

D. was invented

2. Mr. Pike ................ the most famous archaeologistin our city.

A.says to be

B. is said to be

C. is said that

D. said to be

3. ............. how the ancient Egyptian carried such heavy blocks of stone.

A. People do not know

B. People have not been known

C. It has not known

D. It has not known

4. John ........The Great Pyramid of Giza

A. said to have been visited

B. is said to have visited

C. is said to have been visited

D. said to have visited

5. George ................ another trip to Greece.

A. is said to be planned

B. said to be planned

C. said to be planning

D. is said to be planning