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game paused ,paused is past tense or past participle I was playing game but there was a phrase on the screen during game “game paused,waiting for opponent”,so the game stopped for a while 1:in "game paused" ,is paused past tense? 2:if change to "game has been paused" or "game has paused" what 's the difference ?

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You are correct, it's the past participle. Both of those options you gave would work well, although personally, I believe it means the game is paused, using the past participle as an adjective to describe a present state.

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