FOR VS SINCE WITH PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Lecturer

FOR VS. SINCE WITH PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Lecturer: Maja Đurasović

1. They ___ (BE) very busy ___the last week. 2. I ___ (NOT WEAR) this dress ___ two years. 3. My friend ___ (BE) ill ___ a long time. 4. I ___ (NOT DO) any work ___ a month. 5. She ___ (NOT BUY) any new clothes ___ the beginning of the year. 6. I ___ (WRITE) ten letters ___ breakfast. 7. Who ___ you ___ (WAIT) there ___ an hour? 8. I ___ (NOT SEE) him ___ more than a week.

9. - ___ you ___(SEE) Harry lately? - Not ___ three or four days. 10. -___ John ___ (TAKE) Maisie out recently? - Not ___ last Wednesday. 11. Poor old Henry ___ (NOT HAVE) a holiday ___ the year before the last. 12. I ___(WAIT) ___ two hours, but she ____ (NOT COME) yet. 13. She ___ (PRACTISE) the piano ___ six o’clock. I hope she’ll finish soon.

14. I ___ (NOT HAVE) a good night’s sleep ___ last week. 15. Where ___ they ___ (LIVE) ___ last five years? 16. She ___ (SING) in this choir ___ last May.

VERB 1. HAVE BEEN 2. HAVEN’T WORN 3. HAS BEEN 4. HAVEN’T DONE 5. HASN’T BOUGHT 6. HAVE WRITTEN 7. HAVE…WAITED 8. HAVEN’T SEEN FOR VS. SINCE FOR FOR SINCE FOR

VERB 9. HAVE … SEEN 10. HAS … TAKEN 11. HASN’T HAD 12. HAVE WAITED HASN’T COME 13. HAS PRACTICED 14. HAVEN’T HAD 15. HAVE … LIVED 16. HAS SUNG FOR VS. SINCE FOR SINCE