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TOOK is only used for the simple past tense of to take(e.g. "He took the ruler from the desk.")

TAKEN is the participle form, used in these tenses :

  • Present perfect ("He has taken the ruler.")
  • Present passive tenses ("It is taken." "It is being taken." "It has been taken.")
  • Past perfect ("He had taken the ruler before.")
  • Past passive tenses ("It was taken." "It was being taken." "It had been taken.")
  • Future perfect ("By tomorrow, he will have taken the ruler.")
  • Future passive tenses ("It will be taken." "It will be taken." "It will have been taken.")

(The participle form can be used as an adjective, e.g. "That seat is taken.")

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8y ago

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