Le Past Participle (PP) est la 3e forme verbale (V3). Pour les verbes irréguliers, elle doit être mémorisée. Ces 30 formes couvrent 70 % des situations courantes en anglais professionnel et dans les certifications TOEIC, VTEST, BLISS.
| Infinitif (V1) | Prétérit (V2) | Past Participle PP (V3) | Traduction | Exemple avec PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| be | was/were | been | être | I have been here before. |
| have | had | had | avoir | She has had enough. |
| do | did | done | faire | It has been done. |
| go | went | gone | aller | He has gone home. |
| see | saw | seen | voir | Have you seen this? |
| take | took | taken | prendre | It was taken yesterday. |
| write | wrote | written | écrire | The report was written. |
| give | gave | given | donner | The prize was given. |
| know | knew | known | savoir/connaître | It has been known. |
| speak | spoke | spoken | parler | English is spoken here. |
| come | came | come | venir | He has come a long way. |
| get | got | got/gotten | obtenir | She has gotten better. |
| think | thought | thought | penser | It was thought to be true. |
| break | broke | broken | casser | The window was broken. |
| make | made | made | faire/fabriquer | It was made in France. |
| find | found | found | trouver | The keys have been found. |
| leave | left | left | partir/laisser | He had left before noon. |
| bring | brought | brought | apporter | It was brought to my attention. |
| buy | bought | bought | acheter | It has been bought. |
| say | said | said | dire | It was said yesterday. |
| hear | heard | heard | entendre | I have heard about it. |
| tell | told | told | dire/raconter | I was told the news. |
| understand | understood | understood | comprendre | It is well understood. |
| choose | chose | chosen | choisir | She has been chosen. |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | oublier | It has been forgotten. |
| lose | lost | lost | perdre | The file was lost. |
| send | sent | sent | envoyer | The email has been sent. |
| pay | paid | paid | payer | The bill has been paid. |
| put | put | put | mettre/poser | It was put on the table. |
| meet | met | met | rencontrer | Have you met him before? |
Astuce mémorisation : Apprenez les PP par groupes de patterns similaires :
• -eak/-oken : break→broken, speak→spoken
• -ow/-own : know→known, grow→grown, show→shown
• V2 = V3 (irréguliers qui ne changent pas) : had, made, found, left, said, heard, told, understood, lost, sent, paid, put, met