What is the past tense of eat?

Ate is the simple past of the verb to eat, whereas eaten is the past participle. As you are using the auxiliary have for the present perfect, you are bound to use the past participle. The simple past form is to be used independently for finished actions or situations.Mar 15, 2013 read more

The past tense of eat is ate. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat is eats. The present participle of eat is eating. The past participle of eat is eaten. read more

Dear Anonymous, “To eat” is an irregular verb. Its past tense is “ate,” and its past participle is “eaten.” The past tense is used to indicate something that occurred in the past, prior to the present time. read more