ENG/P/5: The use of since, for, and from.

Exercise

Complete the following sentences using: since, for, or from.

1. They waited …………………two hours to meet you.
2. I haven’t been to town …………………..yesterday.
3. I haven’t seen him ……………………….a long time.
4. ……………..8.00 o’clock, it has been raining heavily.
5. Do you want to take anything ……………her?
6. Where have you been ………………morning?
7. John has been sitting there ………………………more than an hour.
8. Birungi has been away………………………..a week.
9. I haven’t received any letter …………….him…………………..the beginning of this month.
10. I am leaving this country…………………..good.
11. She has been studying in this school …………………1994.
12. Juma started digging at 8.00 o’clock. It is midday now. (Join using ..for..)
13. I started teaching in 1988 and I am still teaching. (Use…since….)

Rewrite the following sentences using since, for, from

1. They went to America last year. They are still there.
2. I started teaching in 2010. I am still teaching in this year 2017.
3. We began planting cassava last Friday. It is Tuesday now.
4. They began doing their course in April. It is now July.
5. He began constructing the house in October. It is now March.
6. Simon started learning at 7 00 O’clock. It is 11:00 O’clock.