What’s the Past Tense of Burn? Burned or Burnt?
Burned and burnt are both past tenses of the verb “burn”. British English prefers burnt, whereas American English uses burned.
Burned and burnt are both past tenses of the verb “burn”. British English prefers burnt, whereas American English uses burned.
Lean, which is an intransitive verb, accepts both leaned and leant as its past tense and past participle forms.
American English prefers dreamed as the past tense and past participle form of dream (present tense). British English prefers dreamt as the past and past participle form.
US English prefers learned as the past tense of learn. Learnt is the original past tense, and commonly accepted worldwide.