Learn means gain knowledge or skill through study, experience or instruction.
The idea
Use learn with I or you and learns with she or he in the present. The past may be learned; learnt is also used, especially in British English. Say learn to drive for a skill.
Examples
- I learn new words every week.
- She learns English at school.
- We learned about the plan yesterday.
- He is learning to drive.
- They learned a useful method.
- Can I learn from this example?
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Learn focuses on gaining knowledge or skill; teach focuses on helping another person learn.
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Choose the present form with she. She ___ English at school. (learn / learns)
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learns
Learns agrees with she in the present.
Choose a past form for yesterday. Yesterday we ___ about the plan. (learn / learned)
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learned
Learned is a past form; learnt is also used.
Choose the infinitive naming the skill. He is learning ___ a car. (to drive / drives)
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to drive
To drive names the skill being learned.
Practice round
Answer questions and rebuild English sentences to practise. Your score is shown.
Choose the present form with she. She ___ English at school. (learn / learns)
Choose a past form for yesterday. Yesterday we ___ about the plan. (learn / learned)
Choose the infinitive naming the skill. He is learning ___ a car. (to drive / drives)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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