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Motivated – Young graduates are motivated to work hard.

Interested – She was really interested in the presentation.īored – I was bored, waiting for the bus.Įxcited – The children are excited about the party. In this case, the past participle becomes a word that describes a noun (a person or an object).īroken – This computer is broken. There are several adjectives in English that are created from the past participle form of the verb. the Passive form – The mobile phone was invented by Motorola.Modals in the past – She could have studied more.the Third Conditional – If the train had arrived on time, I wouldn’t have been late.the Future Perfect – She’ll have finished by 12:00.

the Past Perfect – We had already seen the film.the Present Perfect – You’ve met Bill before.The past participle is used in several tenses, especially perfect forms. The past participle is used in two main ways:

As an English student, you’ve probably studied some irregular verbs, seen in a list consisting of three words: the infinitive, the simple past, and the past participle.Īs you can see, the third form of the verb, usually written on the right, is the past participle. The past participle of a verb is one of two past forms. So let’s see together what the past participle is and what it is used for. When you hear various terms like the ‘present perfect’, ‘past simple’, and the ‘past participle’, it’s easy to get confused and feel unsure about what they all mean.