If I want to ask my friend about her travel, which tense is more preferred? I know that when asking about experience we use *present perfect *, like "have you been to Italy", "have you ever blah...?, but in my case, I want to get info about people accompanied her and for how long time she was there.

As I know, and how I understand the present perfect:

• asking about experience ("have you been to...")
• recent actions ("oops, I've dropped my phone")
• something that is very topical right now
• something that has finished right now

so based on how I understand it (please correct me if something) I think that I can ask her

Have you been there with your siblings?

How long have you been there?

Have you lived there in a dormitory? / Did you live there in a dormitory?

I think that I can say it because this info is very topical when I ask her and it's about the experience but the thing that confuses me is she was there many years ago, but not till now. So I dunno past simple or present perfect? I'm not going to use any specific dates in the questions.

Thanks.

If I want to ask my friend about her travel, which tense is more preferred? I know that when asking about experience we use *present perfect *, like "have you been to Italy", "have you ever blah...?, but in my case, I want to get info about people accompanied her and for how long time she was there.

As I know, and how I understand the present perfect:

• asking about experience ("have you been to...")
• recent actions ("oops, I've dropped my phone")
• something that is very topical right now ("have you done the homework?")
• something that has finished till now ("finally, we've eaten the cake")

so based on how I understand it (please correct me if something) I think that I can ask her

Have you been there with your siblings?

How long have you been there?

Have you lived there in a dormitory? / Did you live there in a dormitory?

I think that I can say it because this info is very topical when I ask her and it's about the experience but the thing that confuses me is she was there many years ago, but not till now. So I dunno past simple or present perfect? I'm not going to use any specific dates in the questions.

Thanks.

If I want to ask my friend about her travel, which tense is more preferred? I know that when asking about experience we use *present perfect *, like "have you been to Italy", "have you ever blah...?, but in my case, I want to get info about people accompanied her and for how long time she was there.

As I know, and how I understand the present perfect, we use it when asking about an experience ("have you been to..."), recent actions ("oops, I've dropped my phone"), and something that is very topical right now, so based on how I understand it (please correct me if something) I think that I can ask her

Have you been there with your siblings?

How long have you been there?

I think that I can say it because this info is very topical when I ask her, but the thing that confuses me is she was there many years ago, but not till now. So I dunno past simple or present simple?

Thanks.

If I want to ask my friend about her travel, which tense is more preferred? I know that when asking about experience we use *present perfect *, like "have you been to Italy", "have you ever blah...?, but in my case, I want to get info about people accompanied her and for how long time she was there.

As I know, and how I understand the present perfect:

• asking about experience ("have you been to...")
• recent actions ("oops, I've dropped my phone")
• something that is very topical right now
• something that has finished right now

so based on how I understand it (please correct me if something) I think that I can ask her

Have you been there with your siblings?

How long have you been there?

Have you lived there in a dormitory? / Did you live there in a dormitory?

I think that I can say it because this info is very topical when I ask her and it's about the experience but the thing that confuses me is she was there many years ago, but not till now. So I dunno past simple or present perfect? I'm not going to use any specific dates in the questions.

Thanks.