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eat

/iːt/

consume food

Các dạng của động từ

Dạng nguyên

eat

/iːt/

Past Simple

ate

Past Participle

eaten

Câu ví dụ

Dạng nguyên · eat

We eat dinner together as a family every evening.

Past Simple · ate

He ate three slices of pizza at the party.
They ate it again the following morning.
He didn't eat anything at the meeting.
Did you eat it before lunch?

Past Participle · eaten

Have you eaten anything since breakfast?
He has eaten it many times before.
I have already eaten it more than once.
She has just eaten the very same thing.

Thì chính

Hiện tại đơn	Quá khứ đơn	Hiện tại hoàn thành
I eat he / she / it eats	I ate	I have eaten
Hiện tại tiếp diễn:I am eating · he / she / it is eating

Học thì dùng các dạng này:Bài học Past Simple →Bài học Present Perfect →

Hướng dẫn ngữ pháp

The verb "eat" is fully irregular — all three principal parts are distinct: the base form "eat", the past simple "ate", and the past participle "eaten". The ABC group contains many of the most common and important verbs in English, so learning them is essential for fluency.

Use the past simple "ate" for actions, events, or states that were completed at a definite point in the past. It is the main verb in the clause and needs no auxiliary: "We ate the whole project in three days." Typical time markers include yesterday, last week, ago, when, and at + a specific time. The past simple is the most frequently used past tense in spoken and written English.

The past participle "eaten" is never used on its own as a main verb. It appears in: (1) the present perfect with have/has — "I have never eaten anything like it before"; (2) the past perfect with had — "She had already eaten before I arrived"; (3) passive voice with a form of be — "The final version was eaten by the whole team." These three structures together cover the great majority of perfect and passive constructions in English.

The ABC group demands the most memorisation because each verb has three unique forms to learn. Focus first on the highest-frequency verbs: be (was/were/been), do (did/done), go (went/gone), know (knew/known), take (took/taken), see (saw/seen), give (gave/given), and write (wrote/written). Regular reading and listening is the most effective way to make ABC verb forms automatic — passive exposure reinforces the patterns far better than drills alone.

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be — was/were — been do — did — done go — went — gone know — knew — known take — took — taken see — saw — seen