Past simple and past participle
eat
Eat is an irregular verb: its past simple is ate and its past participle is eaten.
- Base form
- eat
- Past simple
- ate
- Past participle
- eaten
- Definition
- Put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.
- Example
- “He was eating a hot dog.”
- CEFR level
- A1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.