Fill in the blanks with ''for'', ''since''

1 I got here an hour ago. - What ! You mean you've been waiting .................an hour ?

2 I have not seen him ............he was 16. 

3 I've known raining .............ages

4 Things have changed a lot .................our previous meetings.

5 It've been raining .............four o'clock

6 I'm sure he's been watching us ...........we came in.

7 He'd been here ...............over an hour when we arrived

8 I've been trying to fix this computer..............early this morning.

9 He hasn't had anything to eat ....................nearly a week.

10 It's three years..............he started learning German

11 He's been collecting stamps ...........the past twenty years.

12 Nobody has seen him................last Friday.

13 It has been foggy ..............some days.

14 He has been fishing ..................six o'clock

15They've been living in France......................eight years.

16 The pilots have been on strike .................two months.

17 We've had terrible weather .................Saturday

18 I've know Tom ..................1990

19 We have been waiting for the bus.................half an hour 

20 She hasn't lost a match .......................April

21 Things have changed ...................she's become headmaster

22 The police have been looking for him..............a month

23 Our dog has been ill ....................two days

24 I've been looking for this book .,.................a long time

25 I've been working .................I got up

III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (15 points)
In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing-boats (1) ________ been caught in the storm (2) ________ had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour people stood (3) ________ their door, (4) ________ worried to talk. 
The rest of the fishing fleet had (5) ________the harbour before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of (6) ________ missing men. Some had (7) ________ thick blankets and some flasks to hot drinks, knowing that the men (8) ________ be cold and tried. As dawn began to break over (9) ________ the east, a small point if light was (10) ________ in the darkness of the water and a (11) ________ minutes later, (12) ________ was a shout. Before long, the two boats (13) ________ turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbour. The men (14) ________ helped out of their boats, and although they were stiff (15) ________ cold and tiredness, they were all safe.

I. Complete each sentence with Since or For and use verbs in present perfect tense

1.She ( be ) has been sick since .Wednesday.

2.John ( work)has worked  in that company for 6 years.

3.Lan ( be ) has been  in the hospital.....for.... almost a month.

4.They ( send) have send  him any money since........ last month.

5.She (not eat ) ) hasn’t eaten  anything..for......two days.

6.They (be ) have been friends ....since.... high school.

7.We (live ) have lived  with our parents ........for...25 years.

8.His father ( go ) has gone  to Hai Phong ..since........ yesterday.

9. I (work)………….. here for three years.

10. ………… you ever …………..(be) in New York?

11. You (not/do) ………….your project yet, I suppose.

12. I (just/ see)………. Andrew and he says he ……..already (do)………. about half of the plan.

13. I ………..just (decide)……… to start working next week.

14. He (be)…………. at his computer for seven hours.

15. She (not/ have) ……………any fun a long time.

16. My father (not/ play)……….. any sport since last year.

17. I’d better have a shower. I (not/ have)………. one since Thursday.

18. I don’t live with my family now and we (not/ see)…………. each other for five years.

19. I…… just (realize)…………... that there are only four weeks to the end of term.

20. The train drivers (go)……… on strike and they stopped working at twelve o’clock.

21. How long…….. (you/ know)………. each other?

22. ……….(You/ take)………… many photographs?

23. (She/ eat)………………. at the Royal Hotel yet?

24. He (live) ………….here all his life..

25. Is this the second time he (lose)……………. his job?

26. How many bottles………… the milkman (leave) ………….? He (leave) ……….. six.

27. I (buy)…………. a new carpet. Come and look at it.

28. She (write)………….. three poems about her fatherland.

29. We (finish) ……………………three English courses.

30. School (not, start)……………..yet

By the end of the month I in this town for ten years. 

A. will have been living B. have been living

C. will live D. am living 

2. By the end of this week we on the project for a month. 

A. have been working B. have worked 

C. will have been working D. will work

3. By July the fifth they are studying 

A. are studying B. will study

C. will have studied D. will have been studying

4. By 10 o'clock she (watch)   TV for 4 hours. 

A. will have been watching B. has been watching 

C. is watching D. will watch 

5. She for 10 hours by 11 o'clock. 

A. will have been sleeping B. has sleeping 

C. is sleeping D. will sleep 

6. We him for 40 days by next Saturday. 

A. will look for B. are looking for

C. will have been looking for D. will have been looking 

7. They (wait)   for the president for 5 hours. 

A. will have been waiting B. are waiting 

C. will wait D. have waited 

I.         Fill in the blank with “for” or “since”.

1.  It has been raining ...................... lunchtime.

2.  My boss will go away ...................... the next ten days. 3.   I‟m staying in England ...................... a year.

4. She has lived in London ...................... 1985.

5. Please hurry up! We have been waiting ...................... an hour. 6. I have known her ...................... January.

7.   Nam‟s father has worked in this company ...................... 20 years.

8.   Have you learned English ...................... a long time?

9.   I haven‟t seen Tom ...................... we left school.

10.  The house is very dirty. We haven‟t cleaned it ...................... years.

11.  My sister has been a student ...................... two years. 12. We‟ve lived here ...................... 1990.

13. I haven‟t seen Linh ...................... my birthday party. 14. She has been away ...................... a year.

15.  We‟ve already waited ...................... five days.

16.  They haven‟t had any rain ...................... very long time.

17.  That building has been there ...................... the 19th century.

18.  I have known them ...................... many years.

19.  They have only been there ...................... a few minutes.

20.  My brother works for a company called FPT. He has worked for them ...................... he graduated from university.

III. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.

1. Since 2009, Iceland has been the global in gender equality. (lead)

2. For the past five years, Iceland has been in the first rank of educational and in women’s economic conditions. (achieve/ improve)

3. On October 24, 1975, more than 25 thousand women in Iceland took a day off to emphasize the importance of women’s _____ to the economy, both in paid and unpaid work. (contribute)

4. Gender equality is also a part of the to the challenges facing society. (solve)

5. The of women in the labour market in Iceland is one of the highest in the world. (participate)

I.       Complete the sentences with since or for.

1.      Mr. Dan has been in this school _______ 2002.

2.      Now Samuel is taking a computer course. He has been taking this course _______ two months.

3.      I hope the weather gets better soon. It’s been raining _______ three hours.

4.      The students have been doing the test _______ 8 o’clock.

5.      I haven’t got any letters from Jim _______ September.

6.      I have known my friend, Jessica, _______ many years.

7.      They have been staying at that hotel _______ last Sunday.

8.      Miss Lou has been an English teacher _______ ten years.

9.      India has been an independent country _______ 1947.

10.  Roger had an accident. He has been in hospital _______ five weeks.

CHOOSE for or since TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
11. I've been looking for this book………. a long time.
12. I've been working………. I got up.
13. The kettle has been boiling………. ten minutes
14. They have been living in Madrid ………. 1972.
15. He has been in prison………. four years.
16. He has known about the fact ………. a long time.
17. Conditions have changed a lot ………. we were children.
18. Our teacher has been very ill ………. the last month.
19. I haven't eaten anything ………. twenty-four hours.
20. In fact he is always very rude. We have been waiting for him ………. half an hour.

Question 3. Use the correct tense or form of verb given in each sentence

1. We (not see) ........her since last Sunday

2. Long (buy)........... this car last week

3. My father (work)......... in this factory for ten years

4. this house (build)................... in 2000

Question 4. Choose the word or phrase(A,B,C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence

1. Lan and mai have been a pen pal................ two years

A. for B. since C. about D. on