Conjugation of the verb eat in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb eat in English.

Conjugation of the verb eat in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I eat
  • you eat
  • he|she|it eats
  • we eat
  • you eat
  • they eat

Present Continuous

  • I am eating
  • you are eating
  • he|she|it is eating
  • we are eating
  • you are eating
  • they are eating

Present Perfect

  • I have eaten
  • you have eaten
  • he|she|it has eaten
  • we have eaten
  • you have eaten
  • they have eaten

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been eating
  • you have been eating
  • he|she|it has been eating
  • we have been eating
  • you have been eating
  • they have been eating

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb eat in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I ate
  • you ate
  • he|she|it ate
  • we ate
  • you ate
  • they ate

Past continuous

  • I was eating
  • you were eating
  • he|she|it was eating
  • we were eating
  • you were eating
  • they were eating

Past perfect

  • I had eaten
  • you had eaten
  • he|she|it had eaten
  • we had eaten
  • you had eaten
  • they had eaten

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been eating
  • you had been eating
  • he|she|it had been eating
  • we had been eating
  • you had been eating
  • they had been eating

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb eat in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will eat
  • you will eat
  • he|she|it will eat
  • we will eat
  • you will eat
  • they will eat

Future continuous

  • I will be eating
  • you will be eating
  • he|she|it will be eating
  • we will be eating
  • you will be eating
  • they will be eating

Future perfect

  • I will have eaten
  • you will have eaten
  • he|she|it will have eaten
  • we will have eaten
  • you will have eaten
  • they will have eaten

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been eating
  • you will have been eating
  • he|she|it will have been eating
  • we will have been eating
  • you will have been eating
  • they will have been eating

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to eat

Present participle

  • eating

Past participle

  • eaten

Perfect Participle

  • having eaten

The imperative in English, for the verb to eat

Imperative

  • eat
  • let's eat
  • eat

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