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5. Fill the space in the following sentences by using for or since:

1. We have been waiting ____ half an hour. 2. He has been in hospital ____ the accident. 3. He has not been speaking to me ____ the last meeting. 4. They have been on strike ____ November. 5. They have been quarreling ____ they got married. 6. I have been awake ____ four o’clock. 7. I have been awake ____ a long time. 8. We have no gas ____ the strike began. 9. I have earned my own living ____ I left the school. 10. Nobody has seen him ____ last week. 11. They have been planning their holiday … a year. 12. She has been learning Spanish … her childhood. 13. Charles has been driving … ten years. 14. Lisa has been eating too much … the last two years. 15. We have been trying to reach you … three hours. Where have you been?

6. Use the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:

1. He (to run) now. He (to run) for ten minutes without any rest. 2. What they (to do) now? – They (to work) in the reading-room. They (to work) there for already three hours. 3. Where is he now? – He is in the garden. He (to play) in volley-ball with his friends. 4. I (to live) here since 1990. 5. She (to do) her homework for two hours. 6. I (to wait) for you since two o’clock. 7. What you (to do)? – I (to read). I (to read) for three hours. 8. What you (to do) here since morning? 9. They (to cook) dinner together at the moment. 10. She always helps her mother and now she (to wash) the floor.

7. Use the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets:

1. Where your gloves (to be)? – I (to put) them into my pocket. 2. The weather is fine today. The sun (to shine). 3. I just (to receive) a letter from my granny. 4. It is difficult for me to speak about opera as I (not/to hear) it. 5. Mary is a very good girl. She always (to help) her mother. She (to help) her now. 6. This man (to be) a writer. He (to write) books. He already (to write) eight books. 7. The family (to live) in the same house for three years. 8. What you (to eat). Your lips and chin are purple! 9. You (to find) this magazine? – No! I still (to look), but (not/to find) it. 10. I (to work) for my firm for twenty years.

8. Use the Past Indefinite, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous:

1. They (to walk) in the garden when the storm broke out. 2. When we (to come) home, we (to find) that someone (to break) into the garage and (to steal) the car. 3. By that time the twins (to sleep) for two hours. 4. Although she (to feel) very poorly all day she (to decide) to go out in the evening. 5. He (live) in Iverness for many years when the event took place. 6. Until last year he never (to see) snow on the hills. 7. When they (to finish), they handed in their drawings. 8. After I had done all my work I (to go) home. 9. When I looked out I (to see) the children playing in the yard. 10. Because he (to fail), he was most depressed. 11. He (to translate) this article when I came. 12. I (to work) for this company for five years before I was fired. 13. He (to write) the letter before I came. 14. She (to study) English for two hours when he entered the room. 15. After they (to have) lunch they went out.

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