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How i spent my afternoon...
I left home at four o'clock and (I) met my friend Gianni.We have gone at went to the supermarket to buy somethings some things for dinner and other days of the week.
I have bought milk, Orange juice, fish, and more other things.
We have stayed there for about one (an) hour.
Now here Now ((or here where I am) it's just past six p.m. o'clock and I'm hungry and tired.
I'm thinking about what I'll eat for dinner, but I don't yet know.
And you, Have you decided what you want for your dinner yet?
Bye bye
Simple past: Steve and Gianni went to the supermarket - the action is simple, is in the past and is finished. They are now at home
Present Perfect: Steve and Gianni have gone to the supermarket -the action is incomplete. Where are Steve and Gianni? They are at the the supermarket now, where they are buying things for supper and they will come back later: "they have gone to the supermarket"
More explanation of these tenses:
I went to Rome: Simple past - the action is complete - I am not there now, I am somewhere else.
I have been to Rome: I am not there now, but at some time in the past I went there, and it is possible that I will go again.
He played cricket for his country. He no longer plays cricket or no longer represents his country.
He has played cricket for his country. He might still play cricket and he might do it again for his country, but he is not doing so now.
How I spent my afternoon...
I left home at four o'clock and I met my friend Gianni.We have gone at went to the supermarket to buy some things for dinner and the other days of the week.
I have bought milk, orange juice, fish, and more other things.
We have stayed there for about one hour.
Now here it's just past six p.m. o'clock and I'm hungry and tired.
I'm thinking about what I'll eat for dinner, but I don't yet know.
And you, have you decided what to have for your dinner yet?
Bye bye
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