Question

There were many ___ people among the audience.
A. Learn
B. Learnt
C. Learned
D. Learning

Answer 1

Answer:

Learned will be correct..

Answer 2

There were many C. Learned people among the audience.

Explanation:

• 'Learned' and 'learnt' both are used as the past participle and past tense forms of the verb 'to learn'.
• These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn.
• Both are commonly used, but learned is generally used in both British English and American English.
• While learnt is much more commonly used in British English than in American English.
• Here, Learned is to be filled as it produces grammatically correct sentences.
• Hence, the correct answer among all the options is option C. Learned .

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