Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

SINCE / FOR
• for + a period of time
three hours
four weeks
for
six months
ten years
a long time
ages
I’ve had this job for six years.
They’ve been married for a long time. 
• since + a starting point
3 o’clock
May, 5
th
since September
1999
he finished school
He’s wanted to be a pilot since he was a little boy.
We’ve worked together since 2015. 

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Exercise 21. Rewrite the sentences with since and for.
1. Jack has been the manager ____________ three years.
2. I’ve lived in Moscow____________I was three years old.
3. Great Britain has had decimal currency ____________1971.
4. Sam has wanted to be an accountant ____________eight years.
5. He’s attended English classes ____________ two years.
6. I haven’t slept ____________two nights.
7. They’ve had this car ____________ last year.
8. He’s known her ____________ school.
9. I’ve studied engineering ____________ quite a few years.
10. We’ve been with the firm ____________ seven months.
11. Liza’s lived here ____________ three days.
12. She’s been an office manager ____________ 2010.
Exercise 22. Rewrite the expressions.
Example: since yesterday = for 24 hours
for 30 years = since the 20
th
 century
1. since 1970 = ________________________
2. since Sunday = ________________________
3. since 9 o’clock = ________________________
4. since my birthday =________________________
5. for 10 years = ________________________
6. for 3 days = ________________________
7. for the last two hours = ________________________
8. for the last three weeks = ________________________
Exercise 23. Choose the right tense.
Example: Daniel (has been/was) quite different since he (has got/got) 
married. 
Daniel has been quite different since he got married. 
Since I (have entered/entered) university, I (have lived/lived) here. 
Since I entered university, I have lived in the university campus.
1. Things (have been/were) difficult since my father (has lost/lost) his job.
2. Since my neighbour (has taken up/took up) the saxophone, I (haven’t had/
didn’t have) any peace.
3. Since her mother (has died/died), Dana (has been/was) lonely.
4. Mr Danis (has been/was) very strange since he (has had/had) the accident.
5. Since Charles (has gone/went) to live in Signapore, we (haven’t heard/
didn’t hear) any thing from him.

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6. He (has never trusted/never trusted) Liz since she (has lied/lied) to him 
about her past.
7. They (have had/had) a lot of problems since they (have moved/moved) to 
Bogota, Colombia.
8. He (has never mentioned/didn’t mention) her name since their friendship 
(has broken up/broke up).
9. Since I (have been/was) at university, I (have been/was) in politics.
10. They (have lived/lived) next door to us since they (have moved/moved) 
here in 2004.