dottelm

[green thunder]

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[ripe bronze]

I'm not great with pendant vs pour, but for No. 3, the missing one at the start is Il y a , and the depuis at the end is correct

No. 2 it starts with il y a again (I think), and ends with depuis

To our English-speaking eyes and brain, something like "Il y a quelque annees" seems really odd ("ago several years"?) but that's just how it works in French

Anyway, hope my interim response was good enough til an actual advanced person or francophone answers lol

[topaz schooner]

Good enough, actually, very nice.
In essence, « pendant » should be used for past stuff whereas « pour » is for the future.
« Je suis allé en France pendant deux mois. »
« J'irai en France pour deux mois. »
With that clue, I think you know what's wrong with number two.
For number three, the different between « pendant » and « il y a » is that the former is used for duration whereas the latter only says when something happened.
« Je suis allé en France pendant deux mois. »
-> This means that I went to France and stayed there for two months.
« Je suis allé en France il y a deux mois. »
-> This means that I went to France two weeks ago but I didn't give any indication as to how long I stayed.

[worldly swallow]

Ahh