Eating food and meals

The idea

Use eat with I and they, and eats with she or he. The past is ate.

Examples

• I eat an apple at my desk.
• She eats rice for lunch.
• We ate soup after the walk.
• The children eat outside today.
• He ate a pear on the train.
• Do you eat breakfast at home?

Watch out

After does not or do not, use eat, not eats.

Try it yourself

1. Choose the correct form. My sister ___ an egg. (eat / eats)

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   eats

   eats agrees with the singular subject, my sister.

2. Choose the correct form. Yesterday I ___ bread. (eat / ate)

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   ate

   ate places the bread in the past, as yesterday indicates.

3. Choose the correct form. They do not ___ meat. (eat / eats)

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   eat

   eat follows do not in this negative sentence.

Use it today

Describe a meal you eat and one you ate yesterday.