took

took — verb

1. the form of the verb 'take' that you use when you are talking about something th

1.動詞及物 / 不及物A1
釋義

the form of the verb 'take' that you use when you are talking about something that happened in the past, rather than something that is happening now or will happen later — for example, taking something in your hand, taking someone somewhere, taking a form of transport, or taking an amount of time.

例句

Hiro took a deep breath before he opened the door and walked inside.

took + noun phrase (deep breath)

Nellie took the train to work every morning when she lived in London.

took + means of transport (train)

文法句型

took + noun phrase (direct object)

took + time expression (duration)

took + noun phrase + prepositional phrase

用法筆記

The verb 'take' is irregular: present 'take', past simple 'took', past participle 'taken'. 'Took' is only used for completed past actions — do not use it with 'have' (❌ 'I have took it'). Use the past participle 'taken' with auxiliary verbs instead.

常見錯誤

❌Yesterday I have took the bus.
✅Yesterday I took the bus.
💡'took' is the simple past form and does not need an auxiliary verb like 'have'.
❌I have tooken a photo.
✅I have taken a photo.
💡The past participle of 'take' is 'taken', not 'tooken'.