She ____ in Cần Thơ since she was a child.
- A. has lived(correct answer)
- B. lives
- C. is living
- D. lived
Why: It started in her childhood and is still true: has lived.
B114 questions · Intermediate · Tenses and Time
Present Perfect with For and Since Exercises
Practise for and since with the present perfect: a length of time or a starting point, How long…? questions, It's … since, and when a finished period needs the past simple.
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Sample questions with answers
I haven't eaten phở ____ last month.
- A. since(correct answer)
- B. for
- C. from
- D. ago
Why: Last month is a starting point. Use since.
How long ____ each other?
- A. have you known(correct answer)
- B. do you know
- C. you have known
- D. did you know
Why: How long up to now takes the present perfect, with have before the subject.
Lessons on this topic
- Present Perfect with For and Since
Use the present perfect for something that started in the past and is still true: for + a length of time, since + a starting point, How long…? and It's … since.
