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Learner uses the present perfect for a situation that began in the past and continues, and stops using it with finished time expressions.
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Six pairs. Two of them are the same facts in two tenses.
Which is correct?
The connection to now, the blocking time words, and the meaning the tense carries.
Prices have risen since 2019.
She has worked there for three years.
The situation began in the past and has not ended.
That connection to now is the whole point of the tense.
Twelve expressions. For three years appears in both buckets.
Sort each item into the correct category
Eight verbs. Four take the past simple.
Rents rise () steadily since 2015.
Rents rise () by six per cent in 2019 alone.
She work () at the same school for eleven years and shows no sign of leaving.
He work () there for three years before moving to Leeds.
The council not publish () the figures yet.
The council publish () the figures last Thursday.
I live () in Delhi when I was a child.
The scheme change () very little since it began.
One continuing situation and one finished.
Topic: where you have lived, studied or worked.
Sentence 1: something that started in the past and is still true. Sentence 2: something that started and finished.
Use a time expression in each.
One per line.