The answer is
“I was taken
.” The past tense (preterite) for “take” is “took.” And, the past participle for “take” is “taken.” In this particular question, the answer is “I was taken.” Note that “ was taken” is a verbal phrase in the passive voice.
Which is correct took or taken?
In fact, there are two past-tense forms of “take” which shouldn’t be mixed up with each other. For the simple past you need “took”: “Beau took a course in acoustics.” But if a helping verb precedes it, the word you need
is “taken”
: “he has taken some other courses too.”
Was taken or was took?
Took is the simple past tense
, whereas taken is the past participle. This means that you can say took on its own, e.g. I took the cake, but you have to have an auxiliary (helping) verb with taken, e.g.
Has been taken is correct?
The sentence is correct. “Has been taken over” is
present perfect tense
, passive voice.
Had taken meaning?
Generally, the simple past (took) is used to make general statements/single events about the past, while
the past perfect
(had taken) is used to show a completed action before another, both occurring in the past.
Who has taken or who took?
No, “has taken” has the same ambiguity as “took”
. It doesn’t imply “most recent case”. It just means “before now”. If we asked “who has read this book?” we would expect a list of names, not just one.
Who V Who?
When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom. Who should
be used to refer to the subject of a sentence
. Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition.
What is past tense of take?
| Simple Forms Perfect Forms | Present take/s have/has taken | Past took had taken | Future will/shall take will have taken |
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Is hurted a word?
(archaic or nonstandard)
Simple past tense and past participle of hurt
.
Has already or had already?
Speakers of British English use
already with a verb in
a perfect tense, putting it after ‘have’, ‘has’, or ‘had’, or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense. They had already voted for him at the first ballot.
Has been or had been?
“
Had been
” is used to mean that something happened in the past and has already ended. “Have been” and “has been” are used to mean that something began in the past and has lasted into the present time.
Is taking care correct?
From a grammatical point of view taking care is correct:
take care is not, with the comma
.
Had already taken meaning?
1 adv You
use already to show that something has happened
, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to.
Had taken place or had took place?
Both are grammatically correct
; it depends on the context, which hasn’t been provided. IF the action has just occurred: “The action has taken place . . . “. IF the action occurred some time earlier or at a point in the past: “The action took place . . . “.
What is the sentence of had taken?
Short & Simple Example Sentence For Had Taken | Had Taken Sentence.
She had taken them with her. He had taken them all at once! Probably he had taken them.
Which is correct the team was or the team were?
Both examples are
correct
. The team can be conceived of as a single entity, or a multiplicity, because it contains a set of readily divisible parts, which we may perceive as being divisible, but perhaps also indivisible, as takes our fancy or suits the situation.
