i've eaten already or I ate already.

[ahmin92]

Hi everyone, I'm from Malaysia and in our country we are using british english. This morning, my teacher asked me "have you eaten", i stuned for awhile and answered "I have eaten already." my question is, should i answer i ate already instead of i have eaten already? in addtion, can somebody list me the usage of past participle?? like have forgotten, has forgotten, been forgotten and..? thats all i know. thanks a lot=)

 

[bhaisahab]

Hi everyone, I'm from Malaysia and in our country we are using british english. This morning, my teacher asked me "have you eaten", i stuned for awhile and answered "I have eaten already." my question is, should i answer i ate already instead of i have eaten already? in addtion, can somebody list me the usage of past participle?? like have forgotten, has forgotten, been forgotten and..? thats all i know. thanks a lot=)

If the question is, "Have you eaten?" the appropriate response would be "Yes I have (thank you)" or "No, I haven't".

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi everyone, I'm from Malaysia and in our country we [STRIKE]are using[/STRIKE] use British English. This morning, my teacher asked me "Have you eaten?" I was stunned for a while and answered "I have eaten already."

My question is, should I answer "I ate already" instead of "I have eaten already"?

In addtion, can somebody [STRIKE]list me[/STRIKE] explain the usage of past participle[STRIKE]??[/STRIKE] like "have forgotten, has forgotten, been forgotten?

That's all[STRIKE] I know[/STRIKE]. Thanks a lot. =)

Hi, and welcome to the forum. Please see the changes I have made to your post above - it will be very helpful for you (and for us) if you work very hard to use correct capitalisation and punctuation in your posts.

Most importantly:

1) Always capitalise the word "I" (first person singular)
2) Start every sentence with a capital letter.