The using "ate" or "have eaten"

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correct : ate. explanation. the second person answers the question "Yes I did" it means that the first person ask him/her in past tense.

KrisBlueNZ · Accepted Answer

Asgarcorrect : ate. explanation. the second person answers the question "Yes I did" it means that the first person ask him/her in past tense.

I'm not sure what your question is.
EAT / ATE / EATEN is a bit complicated.

Here are some examples.
"You ATE my sandwich" - past tense. It's a statement, or an accusation - "I ACCUSE you of eating my sandwich".

"I ATE my sandwich" - past tense. It's just a statement.

"I HAVE EATEN my sandwich" - means almost the same as "I ATE ...".
"I have JUST eaten my sandwich" - means I ATE it recently. Or "I have JUST FINISHED EATING my sandwich" - almost exactly the same.

"My sandwich has been EATEN" - someone (or something) has EATEN my sandwich.
"Did you EAT my sandwich?" - I'm asking you whether you ATE it.

"Has all the food been EATEN?" - I'm asking you whether anyone has EATEN all the food. The answer could be "Yes it has (been EATEN)" (IT means ALL THE FOOD), or "No it hasn't (been EATEN)".

"Did you ATE my sandwich?" - WRONG. Should be "Did you EAT ..."

Sorry I can't tell you the technical names for each part of the sentence. I can just give you examples of how the words should be used.

CalifJim · Answer

Asgarcorrect : ate. explanation. the second person answers the question "Yes I did" it means that the first person ask him/her in past tense.

Asgar,

This isn't really a question. It's hard to understand what you're asking, if you're asking anything at all. Here are some grammatical patterns that may be related to what you're talking about.

-- Did you eat yet?
-- Yes. I ate.

-- Have you eaten yet?
-- Yes. I have eaten.

CJ

Edit: It seems to me that this was an answer to a question asked in another thread. It has accidentally got onto a thread of its own whether through "operator error" or "system error".

Ignore my answer.

CJ

Asgar · Answer

Hai Calif. if you think that it is not question, so why the second person say "Yes I did". this statement indicate that the first person give a question to the second person.

this is the sentences. “Tony, where are the cookies? Don’t tell me you ____ them all! Again!” “Yes, I did. I couldn’t it. They were so good. ”

and if you ask someone: did you eat yet ? I think you should say (yes I did/No I did not)

CalifJim · Answer

Asgarand if you ask someone: did you eat yet ? I think you should say (yes I did/No I did not)

Correct.

CJ

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