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What is correct in this context? 'Have you ever been to Italy?' ->'Yes, I was last year.' OR ->'Yes, I have been last year.'

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If you use a specific time expression like " last year", you have to use past simple. Have you ever been to Italy? Yes, I went last year. Where were you in July last year? I was in Italy.

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  • Actually, even though you're right, (though I'm not sure what you mean by definition of time; you'd do well to rephrase that) people utter such things. E.g., Have you ever been to Italy? ~ Yes, I have – last year, actually., or just ~ I have – last year. Of course, I punctuated it differently and that's pretty much the only way that utterance can be legit.
    – user3395
    Jul 17, 2018 at 9:09

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