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For or Since?

For is used for general periods of time - 2 hours, three days, one month.
Since is used for a specific time - 1998, January, last week, one month ago.

Read the sentence, decide on the answer, then click the answer button to see the correct answer.

I have studied English......
      1. two months.
      2. January.
      3. the beginning of the year.
      4. about 10 minutes.
      5. I was a child in elementary school.
      6. six weeks.
      7. a long time.
      8. three days.
      9. I was 14 years old.
      10. a year ago.
      11. a year.
      12. twelve days.
      13. 1997.
      14. I came to America.
      15. 3 hours a day, for the last two years.

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