Burn Verb Forms, Past Tense of Burn Past Participle & V1 V2 V3 V4

Published On: June 18, 2023

Burn Verb Forms, Base Form, Past Tense, Past Participle & V1 V2 V3

Burn Past Tense

Burnt

Burnt is the past tense of the Burn word.

Burnt

Burnt is the past participle of the Burn word.

Infinitive	Past Simple	Past Participle	Present Participle
Burn	Burnt	Burnt	Burning

Tense	Conjugation	Example Sentence
Simple Present	burn	The fire burns brightly.
Simple Past	burned (or burnt)	The candle burned out last night.
Simple Future	will burn	The paper will burn easily.
Present Continuous	is burning	The wood is burning in the stove.
Past Continuous	was burning	The house was burning down.
Future Continuous	will be burning	The bonfire will be burning all night.
Present Perfect	has burned (or burnt)	The firefighters have already burned the brush.
Past Perfect	had burned (or burnt)	By the time they arrived, the building had already burned down.
Future Perfect	will have burned (or burnt)	By tomorrow, the fire will have burned out.
Present Perfect Continuous	has been burning	The fire has been burning for hours.
Past Perfect Continuous	had been burning	The candles had been burning all evening.
Future Perfect Continuous	will have been burning	By the end of the day, the fire will have been burning for 12 hours.

Be careful not to burn yourself on the hot stove.
The candle burned brightly, illuminating the room.
She accidentally burned her hand on the iron.
The fire burned fiercely, engulfing the entire building.
The sun’s rays burned his fair skin.
He lit a match and watched it burn down to the end.
The wood crackled and burned in the fireplace.
The toast started to burn when she left it in the toaster too long.
The firefighter bravely entered the blazing building to extinguish the burning flames.
The paper caught on fire and quickly burned to ashes.

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