For, since, ago

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For, since, ago - Worksheet-1

Choose the correct options and fill in the blanks:

1. Jay has been in India _____ Monday.

a. for                   b. since

2. Jim has been in Singapore _____ three days.

a. for                   b. since

3. Leena is studying medicine at university. She started _____.

a. three years ago                         b. for three years

c. since three years

4. My aunt has lived in Australia ____ 15 years.

a. for                   b. since

5. Jill is in Ireland now. She arrived there _____.

a. for three days                            b. since three days

c. three days ago

6. Mayra is in her office. She has been there ____ 7 o'clock.

a. for                   b. since

7. It's raining. It started _____.

a. for an hour                                 b. an hour ago

c. since an hour

8. India has been an independent country _____ 1947.

a. for                   b. since

9. They are married. They got married ______.

a. six months ago                         b. for six months

c. since six months.

10. The bus is late. We've been waiting ____20 minutes.

a. for                   b. since

11. I had dinner _____.

a. an hour ago  b. for an hour   c. since an hour

12. Nobody lives in those houses. They have been empty ____ many years.

a. for                   b. since

13. Mohit has been ill              a long time.

a. for                   b. since

14. Life was very different ______.

a. for a hundred years                 b. a hundred years ago

c. since hundred years.

15. She has been in India ______.

a. three days ago                           b. since three days

c. for three days

Answers:

1. b

2. a

3. a

4. a

5. c

6. b

7. b

8. b

9. a

10. a

11. a

12. a

13. a

14. b

15. c