Past simple and past participle
burn
Burn is an irregular verb: its past simple is burnt and its past participle is burnt.
- Base form
- burn
- Past simple
- burnt
- Past participle
- burnt
- Definition
- (Of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.
- Example
- “A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate.”
- CEFR level
- B1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.