Past simple and past participle
burst
Burst is an irregular verb: its past simple is burst and its past participle is burst.
- Base form
- burst
- Past simple
- burst
- Past participle
- burst
- Definition
- (Of a container) break suddenly and violently apart, spilling the contents, typically as a result of an impact or internal pressure.
- Example
- “We inflated dozens of balloons and only one burst.”
- CEFR level
- B2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- All three forms are the same, like cut, cut, cut.