Taking vs. Taken - When to Use Each (Helpful Examples) “Taken” is used with passive sentences, plus with present and past perfect, whereas “taking” is used with continuous tenses or as a noun to refer to the act of “taking” something
take verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of take verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [transitive] to carry or move something from one place to another take something Remember to take your coat when you leave take something with you I forgot to take my bag with me when I got off the bus take somebody something Shall I take my host family a gift?