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
taking - WordReference. com Dictionary of English taking, + n Government an action by the federal government, as a regulatory ruling, that imposes a restriction on the use of private property for which the owner must be compensated