Present Perfect

Have you ever been to Tokyo? – Yes, I have. When did you go? – I went there 2 years ago. We use the present perfect (I have been) when we talk about a life experience and we don’t specify when it happened. On the other hand, we use the past simple (I went) when we talk about that specific past experience (and we often give a time reference, for example: yesterday, two weeks ago, last year…). ...