[Grammar] Past Participle as verb and adjective

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"It is eaten = it has been eaten"

"It has eaten the food for 3 times = he ate the food (time expression)

is/was is used for something happened to yourself

have/has/had is used for something you do/did to someone else

Am I right?
 
"It has eaten the food for 3 times" this makes no sense.
 
'It has eaten the pet food three times.'
Will it make sense if 'It' refers to a pet?

Not a teacher.
 
'It has eaten the pet food three times.'
Will it make sense if 'It' refers to a pet?

Not a teacher.

I would like to say "he has eaten" but I didn't want people confuse with "it is eaten" sentence
 
'It has eaten the pet food three times.'
Will it make sense if 'It' refers to a pet?

Possibly, though we generally refer to pets as he/she. It would work better for an animal that isn't a pet IMO, like a farm animal.
 
is/was is used for something happened to yourself

have/has/had is used for something you do/did to someone else

Am I right?

No.
 
The first ( is/was) are forms of the verb "to be" and the second (have/has/had) are forms of the verb "to have".
 
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