Use of learned and learnt

Please let me know when can we use learned and learnt in a sentence?

Suppose I wish to say that,

I learned to ride a bicycle. Can I also say,

I learnt to ride a bicycle.

Let me also be informed as to which one is the past form of the sentence

I am learning to ride a bicycle.

asked Feb 28 at 00:15

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Learned and learnt are both the past tense of learn. Learnt is more common in British English.

This is called the present progressive tense.

I am learning to ride a bicycle

The past progressive tense:

I was learning to ride a bicycle.

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edited Feb 28 at 12:29

Learnt is archaic, and that's why less preferred.

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answered Feb 28 at 04:00

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