ESL Worksheet: During, for and since
Instructions: Choose the correct answer.
She spent all or most of the summer on Germany
She just spent part of the summer in Germany
The speaker has a good idea as to what time in the afternoon it was taken
The speaker has no real idea as to what time in the afternoon it was taken
They probably spent all or most of the summer holidays in Spain
They probably just spent part of the summer in Spain
This does not mean the whole news programme
This means they were quiet throughout the news programme
He doesn't live there now
He lives there now
She's probably going to change her job
She's probably going to stay in her job
They have lost touch with each other
They haven't lost touch with each other
It probably won't take all of the lunchbreak
It probably will take all of the lunchbreak
They arrived after it had started
They arrived before it had started
She arrived after it had started
She arrived before it had started
The time period is unfinished
The last three weeks is a finished period of time
The snowfall probably lasted all night
The snow probably didn't fall all night
She stayed there all night
She didn't stay there all night
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