I've lived here for six years — Workbook
1. Vocabulary gap-fill
Complete each sentence with ONE word or short chunk from the box.
- Marta! drop ! How have you been?
- I've been drop call you all week, sorry.
- Honestly, drop , drop — nothing new in my life.
- I haven't been to the cinema drop .
- I've saved 1,200 euros drop , which surprises me.
- I've lived in this flat drop 2019.
- drop , I haven't heard back from HR.
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2. For or since?
Complete each sentence with 'for' or 'since'.
- I've lived in this city ___ 2019.
- We've known each other ___ ages.
- She hasn't seen her cousin ___ Christmas.
- He's been in the meeting ___ two hours.
- It's been raining ___ three days non-stop.
- They've been together ___ their university days.
- I haven't eaten anything ___ breakfast.
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5. Find and fix the mistake
Each sentence has ONE typical for/since or just/already/yet/still mistake. Rewrite it.
- I've lived here since six years.
- I know her for 2018.
- I've finished yet — I can go home.
- Have you already eaten? (asked casually at 11 a.m.)
- I'm here since two hours.
- She has yet answered my email.
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6. Combine with a linker
Join the two ideas into ONE natural sentence using although / but / because / so.
- I've lived here since 2019. I still don't feel like a local.
- I've just finished a huge project. I'm going to take Friday off.
- She's already left the office. It's only seven o'clock.
- I still haven't booked the flight. The prices keep going up.
- I've been meaning to call for weeks. I've been genuinely busy.
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7. Listening — 'How long have you been here?'
Three people answer the same friendly question — 'How long have you been here?' — in very different ways.
- Nadia: how long has she been at the company, and what has she just finished?
- Tomás: how did his six-month plan become ten years, and how does he feel about it?
- Yuki: give TWO things she has ALREADY done in two weeks and TWO things she STILL hasn't done.
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Nadia:I've been at this company for about eleven months — almost a year, not quite. I've already met most of the team, and I've just finished my first big project this week, which honestly feels like a milestone. But I still haven't been to our London office, and I've been meaning to go there since I joined. Every month I say 'next month', and every month something more urgent lands on my desk.
Tomás:I've lived in this city since 2016, so about ten years now, which still surprises me. I originally came for six months on a temporary contract, and somehow I've stayed for a whole decade. I've already forgotten what my life was like before I moved here, honestly. I keep saying I've been meaning to write to some old friends 'for ages' — and 'ages' now means about six years, so at some point I should probably stop saying it and just do it.
Yuki:I arrived two weeks ago, so I've been here for about fifteen days. I've already opened a bank account and I've already found a flat — small, but mine. I still haven't properly met my new team, and I haven't started my language classes yet, but I've just booked my first one for Monday. So — a lot has happened in two weeks, and honestly, quite a lot still hasn't.
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8. Writing — Six-month update
Write 100–120 words as a message to a friend you haven't spoken to in six months. Include: (a) at least ONE 'for' phrase and ONE 'since' phrase, (b) at least ONE sentence with 'just', (c) at least ONE with 'already', (d) at least ONE with 'yet' or 'still'. End with ONE question in the present perfect asking how they've been.
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9. Reflection (discursive)
Answer each in 2 full sentences.
- Which of your 'I still haven't …' sentences has been true for TOO long? Why hasn't it moved yet?
- The text says 'for' measures the road and 'since' points to the beginning. Write ONE fact about your life using BOTH 'for' and 'since'. Which version sounds truer, and why?
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