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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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"Took" is the past tense of the verb "take" and is used when referring to actions that happened in the past. For example, "She took the book from the shelf." "Taken" is the past participle of "take" and is used with forms of the verb "have" or "had." For example, "I have taken the medicine."

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