1.

Complete these sentences using for or

since.
a) Mark has had violin lessons ________ last
January.
b) We have known Diane ________ two
years.
c) Have you seen Andrew ________ last
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)

week?
Karen has had long hair ________ she was 13.
They have been close friends ________ twenty years.
My parents and I have lived in the same house ________ 1990.
Bruce has worked in that office ________ six month.
Mrs. Meier is in the hospital. She has been sick ________ two

weeks.
i) Rock music has been trendy ________ the early 1950s.

2. Complete the sentences below with the Past Simple or the

Present Perfect Simple of the verbs in brackets.

a) When you father ________ (arrive) from Washington last

Saturday, we all ________ (drive) to the airport to meet him.
b) I dont know where Philip is. I ________ (not see) him for ages.
c) When I ________(see) Edith two days ago, she ________(feel)
very well.
d) How long ________ (you/live) in New York?
e) That excellent TV series from the BBC ________(begin) over a
year ago, but it ________ (not finish) yet.
f) My parents ________ (be) married for more than twenty years.
g) Why ________(you/miss) the bus yesterday morning?
Because I ________ (not hear) the alarm clock.
h) I heard that you ________(give) up the idea of studying Chinese.
i) Diane ________(never/ enjoy) a holiday as much as this one.
j) Uncle Willie ________(fall) down the stairs on Sunday morning
and he ________ (break) a leg. He ________(be) in hospital for
two days.
1. Complete these sentences using for or since.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Mark has had violin lessons ________ last January.

We have known Diane ________ two years.
Have you seen Andrew ________ last week?
Karen has had long hair ________ she was 13.
They have been close friends ________ twenty years.
My parents and I have lived in the same house ________

1990.
g) Bruce has worked in that office ________ six month.
h) Mrs. Meier is in the hospital. She has been sick ________
two weeks.
i) Rock music has been trendy ________ the early 1950s.

2. Complete the sentences below with the Past Simple or the

Present Perfect Simple of the verbs in brackets.

a) When you father ________ (arrive) from Washington last

Saturday, we all ________ (drive) to the airport to meet
him.
b) I dont know where Philip is. I ________ (not see) him for
ages.
c) When I ________(see) Edith two days ago, she
________(feel) very well.
d) How long ________ (you/live) in New York?
e) That excellent TV series from the BBC ________(begin) over
a year ago, but it ________ (not finish) yet.
f) My parents ________ (be) married for more than twenty
years.
g) Why ________(you/miss) the bus yesterday morning?
Because I ________ (not hear) the alarm clock.
h) I heard that you ________(give) up the idea of studying
Chinese.
i) Diane ________(never/ enjoy) a holiday as much as this
one.
Uncle Willie ________(fall) down the stairs on Sunday morning and he
________ (break) a leg. He ________(be

Answer Key
1
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since
for
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2.
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arriveddrove
havent seen
sawfelt
have you lived
beganhavent finished
have been
did you miss didnt hear
have given
has never enjoyed
j) fellbrokehas been