Exercise 58 Penggunaan Since Dan For

Kata keterangan yang sering digunakan dalam present perfect tense di antaranya ialah since dan for. Since mempunyai arti 'sejak/semenjak/dari' sedangkan for mempunyai arti 'selama'. For digunakan untuk menjelaskan periode waktu sebuah aktifitas itu dilakukan. Misalkan saya sudah makan selama 2 jam (I have eaten for 2 hours). She has lived there for  2 years (dia sudah tinggal di sana selama 2 tahun).

Sedangkan since digunakan untuk menjelaskan kapan aktivitas atau aktifitas itu dimulai. Misalnya I have lived in Jambi since 1990 (saya sudah tinggal dijambi semenjak 1990). Sekarang BBIO lovers dapat mengerjakan soal latihan di bawah ini:


Fill the blanks with since  or for!

1. Roy has been in Jakarta ____ Monday.

2) Riko has been in Jakarta _____ 2 days.

3) My uncle has lived in America _____ 10 years.

4) Sarah is in her office. She has been there _____ 8 o'clock.

5) India has been an independent country ____________ 1947.

6) The train is late. I've been waiting _________ 30 minutes.

7) Nobody lives in these houses. They have been empty ______ many years.

8) Roy has been sick _____ a long time. He has been in hospital ______ January.

kunci jawaban:

1)Since 2) for 3) for 4) since 5) since 6) for 7) for 8) for, since