Grammar question

what's the difference between

I went to the shop yesterday

and

I have been to the shop yesterday

Which is right and why?

Thanks!

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what's the difference between

I went to the shop yesterday

and

I have been to the shop yesterday

Which is right and why?

Thanks!

Sorry, you can't say:"I have been to the shop yesterday." Your sentence with "yesyerday" is right, i.e I went to the shop yesterday. When you say "I have been to the shop" you don't mean the time of the action. It's the present perfect tense which shows that you have done something in the past but you don't state the time of the action.