Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

When his car tyre ......... on the way, he did not know what to do.

  • A has burst
  • B had burst
  • C bursted
  • D burst

The correct answer is D. burst

When his car tyre burst on the way, he did not know what to do.

Although bursted is not a word in English, some writers erroneously use it as a past tense or past participle for burst. As mentioned above, burst is itself the past tense form of this verb, making bursted unnecessary and incorrect.

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