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Did you ate breakfast?

0 Why is the correct sentence "Did you eat breakfast?" (Not....."Did you ate breakfast?") 02br
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00Breakfast is in the past, therefore, shouldn't you use a past tense verb? 0-
  

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0 In English you can say "I eat breakfast every morning". ". Here "do" is an auxiliary verb used for question and negation.

— Paco2004

  • 0 In English you can say "I eat breakfast every morning".
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  • Here "do" is an auxiliary verb used for question and negation.
  • When you talk about a past event of eating breakfast, you say "I ate breakfast this morning".
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0 In English you can say "I eat breakfast every morning". When you ask it to somebody, you say "Do you eat breakfast every morning?". Here "do" is an auxiliary verb used for question and negation. When you talk about a past event of eating breakfast, you say "I ate breakfast this morning". When you ask it to somebody, you say "Did you eat breakfast this morning?". Here "did" is the past form for
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0 The verb in the sentence, "Did you eat breakfast?" is "did eat" and not only "eat". "did eat" ="ate" 02br
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00a) I DID EAT breakfast at home. = I ATE breakfast at home. 02br
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00b) I DID GO to the movies last night. = I WENT to the movies last night. 02br
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00c) I DID SEE the plane flying
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0 Just to expand a bit on temico's reply - it's the "did" portion of the verb that gets inverted with the subject to form a question, and also links with "not" to form a negation. So we say: 02br
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00Did you eat breakfast? I didn't eat breakfast. 02br
00(NOT "ate you breakfast?" "I ate not breakfast.") 02br
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00Certain verbs, like "to
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0 To khoff, 02br
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00Which of the following expressions is correct in AmE, may I ask? Or are they both correct?? 02br
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00a) You ATE breakfast, right? 02br
00b) DID you EAT breakfast, right? 0-
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0 If you're going to form the question that way, A sounds fine, beause it means "You ate breakfast. Is that right?" B should be either "Did you eat breakfast?" (a simple question)or, if you want more emphasis, "You did eat breakfast, right?" (You did eat breakfast. Is that right?) 02br
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it can also be said as "Did you breakfast'?
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Hi,

Yes. But that sounds quite formal and is not commonly said.

Clive
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Dear Khoff,
Can we replace the word "Eat/ate/eaten" with " take/took/taken"?

For Example;

I take breakfast.

I took breakfast.
I have taken breakfast.
(or)
I had breakfast
I have had breakfast

Regards,
Sri
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In American English, "I had breakfast" or "I've had breakfast" is probably more common than "I ate breakfast" or "I've eaten breakfast." Using "take" for meals is not common in the U.S., although it might be fine in British English.
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Hi guys,

'Take a meal' seems very old-fashioed to this BrE speaker in Canada.

Clive
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