Since or for — Sentence Correction Aptitude Question
Since or for: Choose the correct sentence about duration: Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Sentence Correction
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 50 seconds
Question
Choose the correct sentence about duration:
Options
- I have been living here since five years.
- I have been living here for five years.
- I am living here since five years.
- I live here since five years.
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. I have been living here for five years.
Worked solution
- A duration takes for, so for five years is correct and since five years is not.
- The continuing action needs the present perfect continuous, have been living.
Answer: I have been living here for five years.
The idea
Since marks a starting point such as 2019 or Monday. For marks a stretch such as five years or an hour.
Shortcut. Since needs a point in time, so every option with 'since five years' is out; three use it, leaving the one with 'for'.
Common trap. "I have been living here since five years." — its tense is right, which makes it look correct, but a stretch of time takes for, not since.