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For or Since?                       Name:___________________


For is used for general periods of time:
2 hours, three days, one month.
Since is used for a specific time:
1998, January, last week, one month ago.

Write FOR or SINCE in the blanks below.

I have studied English......

      1. ________ two months.
      2. ________ January.
      3. ________ the beginning of the year.
      4. ________ about 10 minutes.
      5. ________ I was a child in elementary school.
      6. ________ six weeks.
      7. ________ a long time.
      8. ________ three days.
      9. ________ I was 14 years old.
      10. ________ a year ago.
      11. ________ a year.
      12. ________ twelve days.
      13. ________ 1997.
      14. ________ I came to America.
      15. ________ 3 hours a day, for the last two years.
      16. ________ April
      17. ________ five weeks.
      18. ________ the beginning of the semester.
      19. ________ this class started.
      20. ________ two weeks ago.
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