Wednesday, January 24, 2018

grammar - past simple or present perfect

This is an excerpt from an official Cambridge exams preparation book:




"Mike: Thank you. Lots of people ........(help) us last year and we want to thank everyone."



The task is to fill in the correct verb form of "help". Present perfect or past simple can be chosen. The correct answer is "have helped" according to the key. I disagree. "Last year" is a finished period of time in the past, so the past simple should be used. Am I wrong?

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