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Since 2021 tense choice

Choose the sentence that fits: the person started living there in 2021 and still lives there now.

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Classification

reviewed-seedapprovedcore-grammar-controlverb-pattern-correctionsentence-correctionB1Grammar

Provenance

Kind: human-authored

Source: production-seed-expansion

Batch: production-seed-batch-002

Reviewer: content-lead

Updated: 2026-05-20

Instruction and answer

Instruction

Choose the natural tense.

Correct answer

I have lived here since 2021.

Explanation

Use present perfect with 'since' when something started in the past and is still true now: 'I have lived here since 2021.'

Product use

Surfaces

testdailyfriend-challenge

Source languages

globalptrues

Difficulty

medium

Conversion hook

Feels like a simple sentence until the timeline matters.

Review payload

Review notes

Clear present-perfect diagnostic seed.

Media prompt

No media prompt attached.

Assets

article-noun-contextstranslated-phrase-distractors

Source traps

pt-present-perfect

Tags

tensespresent-perfectsince

Usage

Tests: tenses, grammar-diagnostic, ielts

Funnels: none

Challenges: since-2021-tense-trap

{
  "type": "single-choice",
  "correctOptionId": "present-perfect",
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "present-perfect",
      "label": "I have lived here since 2021.",
      "rationale": "Present perfect connects the past start to now."
    },
    {
      "id": "past-simple",
      "label": "I lived here since 2021.",
      "rationale": "Past simple does not work with since for a continuing state."
    },
    {
      "id": "present-simple",
      "label": "I live here since 2021.",
      "rationale": "Present simple does not carry the started-in-the-past meaning."
    },
    {
      "id": "future",
      "label": "I will live here since 2021.",
      "rationale": "The time phrase is past-to-now, not future."
    }
  ]
}