What is the difference between eating and eaten?

Eat is the present tense for the verb while eaten is the past participle. You say: I eat an apple every day. And say: I have eaten 5 apples since I started my diet.

Is it I have ate or I have eaten?

To eat = the infinitive (present infinitive: active voice). Ate = simple past tense (preterite). Eating = present participle. eaten = past participle (used to form the past perfect or pluperfect tense).

Have you been eating means?

“Have you been eating?” is said more when referring to a period of time. “Did you eat?” is more in present time.

How do you use eaten in a sentence?

Eaten Sentence Examples

• We have just eaten our breakfast.
• He’d eaten neither lunch nor dinner.
• I haven’t eaten real food in weeks.
• She felt as if she hadn’t just eaten a large breakfast.
• Haven’t eaten real food in weeks.

Is it eaten or Aten?

Eat is the present simple. Ate is the past simple. Eaten is the past participle.

How do you say I have eaten?

I would say “I have eaten” or “I had eaten.” Both are correct. The difference is that “had eaten” is past; “have eaten” means you ate recently.

Has been eaten tense?

Has been eaten is a present perfect passive tense which should be used at an unspecified time in the past. Present simple implies a finished action in the past whereas, present perfect implies an action started in the past an continuing up to the present or having effects in the present.

Does ‘haven’t been eating since morning’ mean the same as ‘haven’t eaten since morning’?

No, it doesn’t mean the same. Thank you, Bhaisahab, and what’s the difference? As far as I understand, the most typical situation is when a person is hungry, because he hasn’t eaten since morning. And what about “haven’t been eating since morning”? Why can’t it be used in this situation, too?

How would you answer “I didn’t eat breakfast”?

You would answer “I didn’t eat” because it is past time to eat breakfast because you’re now having lunch. That’s a tough question. I hoped I helped a little.

What is the difference between “ATE” and “haven’t eaten anything”?

In your sentence, “ate” and “haven’t eaten anything” are two parts of the same verb “eat.” All verbs have three “principle parts:” present tense, past tense, and past participle. Look at the following: I eat breakfast at nine. Yesterday I ate breakfast at nine. I have eaten breakfast. I sing in a choir. Last year I sang in a choir.