Question Past tense of eat

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So, you're wondering about the past tense of the verb "eat." Well, the simple past tense of "eat" is "ate." This means that when you're talking about something that happened in the past, and you're trying to say that you or someone else consumed food, you would use the word "ate."

Let me give you an example. Imagine that you went to a restaurant last night and had spaghetti for dinner. If someone were to ask you today what you had for dinner last night, you could say: "I ate spaghetti." The word "ate" lets the listener know that you're talking about something that happened in the past - specifically, last night - and that you consumed spaghetti.

Of course, there are other ways to talk about the past in English besides using the simple past tense. You could use present perfect ("I have eaten spaghetti"), past continuous ("I was eating spaghetti"), or a variety of other tenses, depending on the context and what exactly you're trying to communicate.

But for your immediate question, just remember: the past tense of "eat" is "ate." Easy as pie, right?

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