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Is it correct to say I have eaten?
I would say “I have eaten” or “I had eaten.” Both are correct. The difference is that “had eaten” is past; “have eaten” means you ate recently.
Have you ate or eaten today?
3 Answers. You would never say “Did you ate?”. In this specific context you would use “Did you eat?” or “Have you eaten?” You can use “Ate” as a verb to simplify other sentences, for example: “I ate today” rather than “I have eaten today”.
What did you eat or ate yesterday?
Correct is what did you eat. Two past tense can not be present in the same sentence. Did and ate are past tense, hence if you use did, which is a past tense, then ate will become eat.
What’s the difference between ATE and eaten?
Today we review forms of the irregular verb eat. Eat is the present simple. Ate is the past simple. Eaten is the past participle.
Have you had VS did you have?
In most contexts, both are usable. I would say the key difference between “Have you (done X)” and “Did you (do X)” is the timeframe. I believe have refers to a continuous past and asks if something has happened since a particular time. While did specifies a particular time and asks if it happened then.
When we use eat ate and eaten?
Eat is the present simple. Ate is the past simple. Eaten is the past participle.
Is it “have you ate” or “ have you eaten”?
Is It “Have You Ate” or “Have You Eaten”? Although we sometimes hear it in conversation, the former is grammatically incorrect. “Ate” is the past tense of the verb “to eat” and can stand on its own without the need for an auxiliary verb such as “to have.”. One should always say, “Have you eaten?”.
What’s the difference between ‘ATE’ and ‘eaten’ in this context?
Specifically she uses the word “ate” in sentences like this, “She hasn’t ate yet” or “The kids haven’t ate yet”. Is this proper or should she be using the word “eaten” in this context? ‘Ate’ is Simple Past tense. eg I ate dinner yesterday. ‘Eaten’ is the past participle. eg I’m not hungry.
Is it correct to say I ate potatoes Yesterday?
I might answer “Yes, I have eaten potatoes; I ate them yesterday.” Time (yesterday) goes with ate; have eaten is without reference to time. Simple tense is the most-commonly used tense in English, as well as the continuous tense. The two perfect tenses must be used in the context of another time frame.
What is the past tense of “eat”?
“Eat” is one of those that has a different form in the past tense (ate) and as a past participle (eaten).