Complete the sentences with FOR or SINCE.
1) We have known each other .. six years. 2) Tina has worked as a nurse... April. 3) My brother has had this car.. three months. 4) My grandparents have lived in this house ... 1987. 5) They have been here... two hours. 6) Mr Jackson has worked at this hospital ... thirteen years. 7) Tom has had the driving licence... he was twenty. 8) Monica has had a new job ... last month. 9) My sister has been a journalist... eight years.

Correct answers:

• 1) We have known each other for six years.
• 2) Tina has worked as a nurse since April.
• 3) My brother has had this car for three months.
• 4) My grandparents have lived in this house since 1987.
• 5) They have been here for two hours.
• 6) Mr Jackson has worked at this hospital for thirteen years.
• 7) Tom has had the driving licence since he was twenty.
• 8) Monica has had a new job since last month.
• 9) My sister has been a journalist for eight years.

For is used with a period of time: six years, three months, two hours. Since is used with a starting point: April, 1987, last month.

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