همچنین اغلب تفاوت معنایی این دو جمله را یاد نمی‌گیرند: «I have lived in Colchester for two years» یعنی هنوز آنجا زندگی می‌کنم در حالیکه «I lived in Colchester for two years» یعنی دیگر آنجا زندگی نمی‌کنم.
They also often fail to grasp that “I have lived in Colchester for two years” means that I still live there, while “I lived in Colchester for two years” means that I do not.