Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with for or since

1 Jill is in Ireland now. She arrived there three days ago. She has been there for three days.

2 Jack is here. He arrived here on Tuesday. He has……

3 It's raining. It started an hour ago. It's been……

4 I know Sue. I first met Sue two years ago. I've ……

5 I have a camera. I bought it in 1989. I've……

6 They are married. They got married six months ago.

They've……

7 Liz is studying medicine at university. She started three years ago.

She has ……

8 Dave plays the piano. He started when he was seven years old.

Dave has ……

Exercise 5. Read the situations and write questions from the words in brackets.

1 John tells you that his mother is in hospital. You ask him:

(how long / be / in hospital?) How long has your mother been in hospital?

2 You meet a woman who tells you that she teaches English. You ask her:

(how long / teach / English?)……

3 You know that Jane is a good friend of Carol's. You ask Jane:

(how long / know / Carol?)……

4 Your friend's brother went to Australia some time ago and he's still there. You ask your friend: (how long / be / in Australia?)……

5 Tim always wears the same jacket. It's a very old jacket. You ask him:

(how long / have / that jacket?)……

6 You are talking to a friend about Alan. Alan now works at the airport. You ask your friend: (how long / work / at the airport?)……

7 A friend of yours is having driving lessons. You ask him:

(how long / have / driving lessons?)……

You meet somebody on a train. She tells you that she lives in Glasgow. You ask her: (always / live / in Glasgow?) ……