YOU SAID:

i will be eating pancakes soon.

INTO JAPANESE

私はすぐにパンケーキを食べること。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I was soon eating pancakes.

INTO JAPANESE

私はすぐにパンケーキを食べていた。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I ate pancakes right away.

INTO JAPANESE

すぐにパンケーキを食べました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Now I ate pancakes.

INTO JAPANESE

今、私はパンケーキを食べた。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Now, I ate pancakes.

INTO JAPANESE

今、私はパンケーキを食べた。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Now, I ate pancakes.