Question

when I was a child , I never ___ meat , but i eat it now (eat)
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Answer 1

when I was child ,I never ate meat ,but I eat it now(eat)

Answer 2

Answer:

ate is the answer of your question.

Explanation:

We will use the past tense in this sentence as was is mentioned there already.

I have used the 3rd form of eat that is ate.