Past simple and past participle
learn
Learn is an irregular verb: its past simple is learnt and its past participle is learnt.
- Base form
- learn
- Past simple
- learnt
- Past participle
- learnt
- Definition
- Gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught.
- Example
- “They'd started learning French.”
- CEFR level
- A1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.