III. Comprehension check

1. Answer the questions:

1. How do most visitors describe Thailand?

2. Where does Margaret come from?

2.Where is she living now?

3. Why did they stay in Thailand?

5. How long have they been here?

6. How many novels Margaret written?

7. Why is Thailand a perfect place to live?

8. What has Eric already done?

9. What business has he recently started?

10. Where is Eric now?

11. What question do people often ask Margaret?

12. How does she answer the question?

13. What other interesting places have they visited?

14. What have they seen?

Exercises

1. Fill in since or for

1 for six months 5 ………… last week

2 …………. June 6 ………….. a month

3 ………….. two weeks 7 …………… yesterday

4 …………… three years 8 ……………. 1977.

2. Fill in since or for

Example: Tom and I have known each other ….for ……six months.

1. It’s been raining ………………… I got up this morning.

2. Tom’s father has been a policeman ………… 20 years.

3. Have you been learning English ………….. a long time?

4. ………………. Christmas, the weather has been quite mild.

5. Ann has been on holiday …………………. three days.

6. That’s a very old car. I’ve had it …………. ages.

7. She hasn’t washed the dishes……………………….a week.

8. She hasn’t washed the dishes……………………….Monday.

9. She hasn’t vacuumed the floors …………………… a month.

10. She hasn’t polished the furniture……………………. March.

11. She hasn’t changed the beds ……………………….. two weeks.

12. She hasn’t dusted the bookshelves …………………. Tuesday.

13. She hasn’t washed the windows ………………………….May.

14. She hasn’t cleaned the oven ………………………….two months.

15. She hasn’t defrosted the refrigerator …………………. last summer.

16. She hasn’t waxed the kitchen floor …………………… three months.

17. She hasn’t watered the plants …………………………..a week.

18. She hasn’t cleaned the bathroom ……………………….Saturday.

19. She hasn’t taken out the trash ………………………… yesterday.

20. She hasn’t paid the bills ………………………………..two months.

21. She hasn’t polished the silver………………………… last week.

3. Read a sentence and then write another sentence with since or for.

Example: I know Bob. (for five years) I have known Bob for five years.

1. Jack lives in Bolton (since he was born) Jack ………………………………………………………………

2. Bill is unemployed (since April) Bill ……………………

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3. Ann has a bad cold. (for the last few days) ………………………………………

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4. I want to go to the moon. (since I was a child) …………………………………...

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5. My brother is studying languages at university. (for two years) …………………

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6. Tim and Jane are working in Sheffield. (since February)………………………...

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7. My cousin is in the army. (since he was 17) ……………………………………..

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8. The last time Bill washed the windows was in the summer. ( since summer) …..

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9. The last time Bill took out the trash was Thursday. (since Thursday)…………..

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10. The last time Roy and Becky cleaned their rooms was two days ago. (for two days)…………………………………………………………………………………

11. The last time Becky fed the dog was yesterday. (since yesterday)……………..

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12. The last time Myra washed the clothes was four days ago. (for two days) ……………………………………………………………………………………….

13. The last time Myra ironed the clothes was Wednesday. (since Wednesday) …..

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14. The last time Roy and Becky did the dishes was yesterday. (since yesterday) …

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15. The last time Roy watered the plants was Thursday. (since Thursday) ………..

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16. The last time Myra wrote a letter was two weeks ago. (for two weeks)………...

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