anonymous yesterday at 5 o'clock i eat It is awkward but meaning is clear. Good English with parenthetical context : ( Last time) I ate (was ) at five o'clock yesterday .
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anonymousyesterday at 5 o'clock i eat It is awkward but meaning is clear.
Good English with parenthetical context : ( Last time) I ate (was ) at five o'clock yesterday.
I think what you are trying to say is as follows:
Yesterday, I ate at 5 o'clock. OR I ate at five o'clock yesterday.
You only need to use the past tense of eat which is ate.
If you want to describe a continuous action in the past, then you could say:
I was eating at 5 o'clock when you phoned.