SINCE OR FOR

Since For
We use since with a point in time in the We use for with a period of time in the past,
past. present or future.
My brother has lived in London since 2018. He lived in London for two years.
He doesn’t live there any more.

Fill the gaps with SINCE OR FOR

1. I haven't seen them ...... ages.
2. I have been living here ...... July.
3. He worked there ....... several years.
4. I haven't seen him ...... last week.
5. It's been a long time ....... I've had such a good meal in a restaurant.
6. He hasn't been able to work ...... the last three weeks.
7. They've known about it ...... a long time.
8. He hasn't worked this hard ..... he was at school.
9. I haven't seen her ..... a fortnight.
10. They haven't been here ..... 1993.
11. She's worked there ....... years.
12. He's been here ....... three o'clock.
13. There haven't been any wolves in England ........ a long time.
14. I haven't seen them .... last week.
15. It's the first time ....... 1973 that anyone has done so well.
16. She's been working there ...... eighteen months.
17. The weather has been dreadful ...... October.
18. They've been going out ...... New Year's Eve.
19. The film's been on at cinemas ........ Tuesday
20. Nobody has been so close to breaking the record ..... 1983.
21. ...... then, I haven't been able to sleep well.
22. I learnt German ..... two years while I was at school.
23. I haven't had such fun ....... the last time we met
24. The film has been on at cinemas everywhere ..... July.
25. I hadn't heard from them .... ages.
26. He hasn't worked ..... he was made redundant.
27. She hasn't been here ...... a month.
28. ..... 1989, no one has lived here.
29. It's the first time I've been here ....... the accident.
30. It was the first time I'd tried doing it ......... I was at university.
31. She's been on holiday ....... the last three weeks.
32. He's been off sick ........ two weeks.
33. The film lasted ...... two hours.
34. I haven't heard from them ..... I sent them the letter.
35. These windows haven't been cleaned ........ months
36. I haven't been able to get a good night's sleep ....... our daughter was born.
37. It is the first time I've had such a bad fever ........ I was a child.
38. It's the first time I've eaten snails ........ I was in France on holiday.