Took functions as the simple past form and stands alone in a sentence: “She took the keys.” Taken, on the other hand, is the past participle and must appear with an auxiliary verb: “She has taken the keys” or “The keys were taken.”
/ tʊk / Add to word list past simple of take (Definition of took from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
TOOK definition: simple past tense of take. See examples of took used in a sentence.
Have you ever wondered whether you should use taken or took in a sentence? These two words often confuse English learners because they both come from the verb take.
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Definition of took verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Take is an irregular verb, so its past tense form is took, not taked. The spelling of the verb changes in the past tense. The past tense of take is used to describe actions that happened in the past. I took a shower this morning. She took the train to work yesterday. They took a vacation last month.
Took is the past tense and should be used when you’re writing “to take” in the past as in “I took that.” Taken is the past participle and should be used when an auxiliary verb is present (i.e., have), so “I have taken that” is correct.