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for, while, during

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I'll be here _____ a few hours.

a)

for

b)

while

c)

during

d)

since

2.

Will you be here sometime ______ the day?

a)

during

b)

for

c)

since

d)

while

3.

How's the weather _____ the summer?

a)

for

b)

during

c)

since

d)

while

4.

I'm going to stay here ___ you go shopping.

a)

during

b)

for

c)

since

d)

while

5.

We cooked dinner ______ you were gone.

a)

while

b)

during

c)

since

d)

for

6.

I don't need to work ______ a few days.

a)

for

b)

while

c)

since

d)

during

7.

He's been working _____ three weeks.

a)

for

b)

during

c)

since

d)

while

8.

I fell asleep _____ the film.

a)

during

b)

while

c)

since

d)

for

9.

Did you get to see her _____ your vacation?

a)

during

b)

while

c)

for

d)

since

10.

We talked _____ an hour.

a)

for

b)

during

c)

since

d)

while

11.

She watched TV (a)   I cooked.

12.

(a)   our stay in London, we saw a lot of things.

13.
We went on holiday in Canada _____ a month ________ the winter last year.
a)
for / while
b)
while / during
c)
for / during
14.
We went skiing almost every day ____ three hours.
a)
while
b)
during
c)
for
15.
It started to snow a lot ________ the holiday.
a)
while 
b)
during
c)
for
16.
I fell and hurt my leg _____ I was skiing on holiday last year.
a)
while
b)
during
c)
for
17.
After I broke my leg, I sat by the fireplace _______ my family went skiing without me.
a)
while
b)
for
c)
during
18.
I worked in Japan _______ four years.
a)
during
b)
for
c)
while
19.
I learned to speak Japanese ______ I was living in Tokyo.
a)
for
b)
while
c)
during
20.
_______ the time I lived in Japan, I ate a lot of sushi.
a)
for
b)
during
c)
while
21.

Martin hasn't lived in Britain all his Life. He lived in Brazil ___four years.

a)

while

b)

for

c)

during

22.

I felt really ill last week. I could hardly eat anything ____three days.

a)

during

b)

for

c)

while

23.

I waited for you..................... half an hour and decided that you weren't coming

a)

for

b)

while

c)

during

24.

Sarah was very angry with me. She didn't speak to me ___ a week

a)

for

b)

while

c)

during

d)

none of the above

25.

We usually go out at weekends, but we don't go out ___ the week very often.

a)

for

b)

during

c)

while