Question

UNIT
EXERCISES
19
19.1
Write for or since.
15 years.
1 Jill has been in Ireland since... Monday.
2 Jill has been in Ireland for three days.
3 My aunt has lived in Australia
4 Margaret is in her office. She has been there
... 7 o'clock.
5 India has been an independent country
...... 1947.
6 The buis is late. We've been waiting
20 minutes.
7 Nobody lives in those houses. They have been empty
many years.
8 Mike has been ill
a long time. He has been in hospital
October Срочнооо​

Answer 1

1 Jill has been in Ireland since Monday.

2 Jill has been in Ireland for three days.

3 My aunt has lived in Australia for 15 years.

4 Margaret is in her office. She has been there since 7 o'clock.

5 India has been an independent country since 1947.

6 The buis is late. We've been waiting for 20 minutes.

7 Nobody lives in those houses. They have been empty for many years.

8 Mike has been ill for a long time. He has been in hospital.

Объяснение:

Для обозначения времени происходящего действия в английском языке используется два предлога: for и since.

Предлог for употребляется в случае,если в предложении идёт речь о протяжённости во времени (e.g. for 5 minutes -- в течение 5 минут,for a long time -- долгое время).

Предлог since употребляется в случае,если в предложении идёт речь об определённом моменте времени,с которого начинается отсчёт (e.g. since 1999 -- с 1999 года,since February -- с февраля).