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take

What is the past tense of take?

The past tense of take is took, and the past participle is taken.

Take is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of take

as a noun

base
take
plural
takes

as a verb

base
take
past tense
took
past participle
taken
present participle
taking
third-person singular
takes