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For Since, Ago - Practice With Key

The document provides examples of sentences using the words "for", "since", and "ago" to indicate durations of time. It gives 25 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate time indicator based on whether the sentence uses the present perfect, past simple, or other construction. The key provides the corrected sentences with the right word inserted in each blank.

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For Since, Ago - Practice With Key

The document provides examples of sentences using the words "for", "since", and "ago" to indicate durations of time. It gives 25 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate time indicator based on whether the sentence uses the present perfect, past simple, or other construction. The key provides the corrected sentences with the right word inserted in each blank.

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COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH FOR ,SINCE or AGO

TIPS: FOR : a duration of time with the present perfect : for some time
; for four years…
SINCE is used with the present perfect with a starting point in time
:since 2014 ,since last Monday……..
AGO : a duration of time with the past simple : two days ago, a century
ago……..

1. We went to the cinema three days _________________.


2. I have lived in this house _____________three years now.
3. We have been in this pub _______________eight pm.
4. The Rolling Stones have been singing _______________the sixties.
5. Sally has been a journalist _________________she left university.
6. How long __________did you buy your new mobile ?
7. Have you been to London _________________ last year?
8. John and I have been friends _______________primary school, that is
_____________ ten years .
9. We have been learning a second foreign language ___________ two years now.
10. Mr Trump has been president of the USA ___________ November 2016.
11. I have been interested in history ever____________ I was a child.
12. Sam has been doing his homework ____________ he came back from school!
13. I feel really depressed , it has been raining ______________days now.
14. Sandy met her boyfriend three years ___________, and she has been living
with him _______________six months.
15. John has been in hospital _______________two weeks.
16. Many people took part in the demonstration against terrorism a week _____.
17. Our car has been at the garage for repairs _______________last Monday.
18. Kate started working in this factory three years ____________and she has
been a manager there ____________one year.
19. Dan lost his mobile three weeks ______________, so he has been very nasty
________________ then.
20. The neighbour has been listening to loud music ___________hours !!
21. David has lived in New York __________he got a job there two years ______ .
22. They have been married ____________2015.
23. I’m exhausted, I have been raking fallen leaves ____________ hours!
24. The children have played video games _____________ lunchtime.
25. My sister has not been to the cinema ______________ages.

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1. We went to the cinema three days ago .


2. I have lived in this house for three years now.
3. We have been in this pub since eight pm.
4. The Rolling Stones have been singing since the sixties.
5. Sally has been a journalist since she left university.
6. How long ago did you buy your new mobile ?
7. Have you been to London since last year?
8. John and I have been friends since primary school, that is for ten years .
9. We have been learning a second foreign language for two years now.
10. Mr Trump has been president of the USA since November 2016.
11. I have been interested in history ever since I was a child.
12. Sam has been doing his homework since he came back from school!
13. I feel really depressed , it has been raining for days now.
14. Sandy met her boyfriend three years ago , and she has been living with him
for six months.
15. John has been in hospital for two weeks.
16. Many people took part in the demonstration against terrorism a week ago.
17. Our car has been at the garage for repairs since last Monday.
18. Kate started working in this factory three years ago and she has been a
manager there for one year.
19. Dan lost his mobile three weeks ago , so he has been very nasty since then.
20. The neighbour has been listening to loud music four hours !!
21. David has lived in New York since he got a job there two years ago .
22. They have been married since 2015.
23. I’m exhausted, I have been raking fallen leaves for hours!
24. The children have played video games since lunchtime.
25. My sister has not been to the cinema for ages.

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