For or Since?

Question

1. Bert has been absent from school ________ three days now.
2. Miss Cruz has been our English teacher _________ beginning
of the semester.
3. Nobody has seen the principal ___ last Monday.
4. Our friends have waited here ___ half an hour.
5. My friend Luigi has not played basketball ___ he left school.
6. The protesters have not eaten anything ___ at least a week.
7. The radio has been on ___ half past eight in the morning.
8. My friend Nina has been collecting stamps ___ she was in
grade school.
9. I have known her ___ more than five years.
10. We have been classmates in this section ___ classes started
in June.

Answer 1

1 : for
2 : since
3 : since
4 : for
5 : since
6 : for
7 : since
8 : since
9 : for
10 : since

Answer 2

for- answers the question, "for how long?"
since - answers the question "from what time to what time?"

1. for
2. since
3. since
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9. for
10. since

Answer 3

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2. since
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10. since

Answer 4

1. for
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hope it helps

Answer 5

1. for
2. since
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Answer 6

1. since
2. since
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4. for
5. since
6. for
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8. since
9. for
10. since

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