Past tense of eat
The past simple of eat is ate and the past participle is eaten: eat – ate – eaten.
- Base form V1
- eat
- Past simple V2
- ate
- Past participle V3
- eaten
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Meaning of eat
To bite, chew, and swallow food
- ExampleWe ate fresh bread with the soup.
Eat, ate, eaten in sentences
- Past simpleI ate an apple.
- Past participleThey have eaten lunch.
Common mistakes
eatedate. Eat is irregular, so it does not take -ed.They have ate lunch.They have eaten lunch. After have, use the past participle, eaten.
Similar verbs
Built on eat, with the same forms: overeat.
All three forms different, like eat: be, do, go, know, see, take, give, write.
Common questions
What is the past tense of eat?
Ate. For example: I ate an apple.
What is the past participle of eat?
Eaten. It follows have in the perfect tenses, as in They have eaten lunch.
Is eat a regular verb?
No. Eat is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
