eat
Use the verb “eat” when consuming food. There are also some figurative meanings for the verb “eat.”
These sentences use "eat" as a main verb:
- I ate breakfast this morning.
- What do you usually eat for lunch?
- Have you ever eaten sushi?
- Don’t eat too much!
- Let’s eat.
Here are some videos that show you various ways to use the verb “do.”
eat / ate / eaten/ eating
- What is she eating?
- She’s eating a piece of watermelon.
- Do you like to eat watermelon?
We use the verb "eat" every day:
- A: What do you eat? What do you eat every day? (present tense)
- B: I eat yogurt.
- A: What did you eat? (past tense)
- B: I ate pizza.
- A: Have you eaten anything yet today? (present perfect tense)
- B: Yes, I had lunch. (I ate lunch. eat = have)
eat = have
It’s important to know that the verb “have” is a very popular verb to use instead of “eat.”
I ate breakfast. = I had breakfast.
Let’s eat lunch. = Let’s have lunch.
They didn’t eat dinner yet. = They didn’t have dinner yet.
What are you going to eat? = What are you going to have?
