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I eat watermelon yesterday. vs I ate watermelon yesterday.

The correct phrase is "I ate watermelon yesterday." The verb "ate" should be used instead of "eat" because the action of eating the watermelon already happened in the past.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 1958 views

I eat watermelon yesterday.

This phrase is incorrect. The verb "eat" should be in the past tense to match the time frame of yesterday.

The correct past tense form of the verb "eat" is "ate." So, the correct sentence should be "I ate watermelon yesterday."
  • I will take you to Trastevere to eat watermelon.
  • And I eat my dinosaur that force fields.
  • See, we all passed yesterday.
  • And I also cut Bio yesterday.
  • He totally froze during surgery yesterday.
  • Incredible how things are after yesterday.
  • I spoke to Franklin Stone at Barings yesterday.
  • Czech delegation boarded an overnight train yesterday.
  • I spoke to the President yesterday.
  • Left anonymously in her pigeonhole yesterday.
  • Matt Carlson sold his granary yesterday.
  • Two prisoners escaped your custody yesterday.
  • Limo company had him doing their fleet yesterday.
  • Richard left his briefcase in my room yesterday.
  • Aunt called from Hong Kong yesterday.
  • My assistant said you double-checked everything yesterday.
  • We caught our dad eyeing one yesterday.
  • Listen, Bobby got all that fishing gear yesterday.
  • I got a missing cadaver report yesterday.
  • Lost touch with a surveyor yesterday.

I ate watermelon yesterday.

This phrase is correct. The verb "ate" is in the past tense, which correctly indicates that the action of eating the watermelon occurred in the past.

Use this phrase when you want to talk about an action that happened in the past, like eating watermelon yesterday.
  • Except - I ate my shoe yesterday.
  • Bra'tac, I do not remember what I ate yesterday.
  • I ate a whole cake yesterday.
  • I ate like, three cans of Pringles yesterday.
  • I ate the last speck day before yesterday.
  • Because I ate most of the tacos yesterday.
  • I ate-I ate-I ate a piece on the way over.
  • Feels like I ate a horse.
  • I ate a bunch of ice cream earlier today.
  • Caught everything I ate except chocolate.
  • And that evening, I ate an old-school Salisbury steak TV dinner, but I ate the brownie first.
  • There were two cakes. I ate one and then I ate the other.
  • I wouldn't say I ate your food, so much as I ate your texture.
  • I ate some bugs I ate some grass
  • Well... I ate one of Molnon's mushrooms.
  • Consequently, I ate the scout first, and he was absolutely right.
  • I ate five men in three months.
  • The first time I ate meat I was 23.
  • Every meal, I ate three bowls of rice.
  • I woke up, and I ate breakfast.

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