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.

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.

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

Fill in the blanks with for or since.

Tom and Marry have been building a house _________ two years. They have been dreaming of finishing it _________ last summer but they have been having problems _________ a few months because of the weather. In fact, it has been raining and snowing _________ . October so they haven't been able to put the roof on yet. This weekend they are trying to put the windows. They have only been working _________ 8 o'clock but they feel like they've been doing it _________ hours because it is very difficult. They have been saving up _________ a long time but they haven't been able to hire any workmen yet. Tom has been looking for an evening job _________ Christmas, so they will have enough money soon. They haven't been going out _________ they started saving-but when the hourse is finished they are goinh to have a big party to celebrate

Choose the best tense in these sentences.

1 I love that film. I've seen / I've been seeing it three times!

2 She's got some great ideas for her book, but she hasn't written / hasn't been writing it yet.

3 Sorry I'm late. How long have you waited / have you been waiting?

4 My mum often works abroad. This week, she's worked / she's been working in Paris.

5 Don't take my plate away. I haven't finished / haven't been finishing my lunch!

6 We've got / We've been getting ready for the party. We still need to decorate the room.

7 Can you speak more slowly? I haven't understood / haven't been understanding everything.

I . Fill in the each blank with FOR or SINCE:

1. We've been fishing............ two hours

2 I've been working in this office ......... a month

3 They've been living in France ............ 1970

4 He has been in prison ........ a year

5 I've known that ...... a long time

6 That man has been standing there ......... six o'clock

7 She has driven tha same car.............. 1975

8 Things have changed ............ . I was a girl

9 Mr Pitt has been in hospital ...... his accident

10 The central heating has been on ........ October

11 That trunk has been in the hall ............ a year

12 He has been very ill ......... the last month

13 I've been using this machine .......... twelve years

14 We've been waiting ........ half an hour

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived B. is living C. was living D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don't see B. haven't seen C. didn't see D. hadn't seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending B. attend
C. was attending D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago B. since ten years
C. for ten years ago D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered B. has discovered
C. had discovered D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived B. lived still C. was still lived D. was still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working B. will work
C. have been working D. will be working
13. I _______ in the room right now.
A. am being B. was being
C. have been being D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been B. was C. were D. had been
15. I'll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
A. has happened B. happened
C. had happened D. would have been happened

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