Past Tense Of Take, Past Participle Form of Take, Take Took Taken V1 V2 V3
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Past Tense of Take
In this lesson, we will examine the meaning of the verb ‘take’, Past Simple Tense, V2 and Past Participle Tense, V3 and their examples.
Meaning
The verb of take means that something (to somebody) carry somebody or something or accompany somebody from one place to another.
Base Form Examples
- If I take my little purse with me, I can join you in shopping.
V2 Past Simple
If we are talking about the past tense, the verb take will change its form in the Past Simple Tense because it is irregular. Thus, the verb will become ‘took’.
Examples
- He took the apples on the table and brought them to me to make a fruit plate.
Verb + Preposition IN List in English
Verb + Preposition ABOUT List in English
Verb + Preposition FOR List in English
Verb + Preposition FROM List in English
V3 Past Participle
Since take is an irregular verb, we said that it differs in past tense sentences. Therefore, Past Participle takes its V3 form in Tense and changes the state in the sentence as ‘taken’. According to the Past Participle Tense harmony, it will take place in the sentence as had + taken.
Examples
- Last night I had taken my huge bag from my sister’s home to turn back to my hometown without her.
| V1Base Form | V2Simple Past | V3Past Participle |
| be | was, were | been |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bid | bid | bid |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| dig | dug | dug |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drive | drove | driven |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang | hung | hung |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| V1Base Form | V2Simple Past | V3Past Participle |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| lie | lay | lain |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| pay | paid | paid |
| put | put | put |
| read | read | read |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spend | spent | spent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| stink | stank | stunk |
| swim | swam | swum |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | torn |
| tell | told | told |
| wake | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| win | won | won |
| write | wrote | written |
