YOU SAID:

the socks ate a bug from the earth

INTO JAPANESE

靴下は土の中の虫を食べた

BACK INTO ENGLISH

The socks ate insects in the soil.

INTO JAPANESE

靴下は土の中の虫を食べていました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

The socks were eating insects in the soil.

INTO JAPANESE

靴下は土の中の虫を食べていました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

The socks were eating insects in the soil.