British and American English教學(xué)案
7 mary has kept a diary ________ she was ten years old.
8 first nations people in british columbia have told stories about the eagle ________ hundreds of years.
9 the canadian two-dollar coin (or toonie) has been in circulation ________ 1996.
10 they've been married ________ twenty-five years.
11 i haven't phoned home______ christmas.
12 we've been here__________ nine o'clock.
13 i have worked for international house__________ more than eight years.
14 i haven't visited my home town_________ i left school.
15 i haven't been to the cinema__________ ages.
16 i have studied non-stop_________ 9.15.
17 i have had a driving licence_________i was eighteen.
18 she hasn't had a day off _________1999.
19 johan has been in england__________more than two weeks now.
20 peter has been my best friend_________ we were nine.
■closing down by deciding if you need for or since with these time expressions.
---for/since last weekend
---for/since ten seconds
---for/since christmas eve
---for/since a decade
---for/since i finished school
---for/since a couple of days
---for/since my birthday
---for/since a long time
---for/since ten centuries
---for/since the 70s
---for/since i was a boy
---for/since august
---for/since the last month
---for/since fifteen years
---for/since ten seconds
---for/since christmas eve
---for/since a decade
---for/since i finished school
---for/since a couple of days
---for/since my birthday
---for/since a long time
---for/since ten centuries
---for/since the 70s
---for/since i was a boy
---for/since august
---for/since the last month