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In one of my essay which was about describing a picture, I've written a sentence about the illustration and said:

"This photo has been took during the prohibition"

But my brother has told me this sentence isn't correct. Because he was short in time I didn't received any other explications. I'm sure it's the tense that cause the disorder but actually i don't have any idea about how to correct this error.

Are these a correct form of tense that could be use in this sentence ?

This photo was made

This photo has been took

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This photo was made is grammatically correct, but a photo is usually described as shot or taken.

Best:

This photo was taken

Acceptable:

This photo was made

Incorrect:

This photo has been took

You'd use took when describing the action of the person with the camera:

She took the photo

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  • Your explication has occurred me that my mistake came from direct translation from my native language (French) to English. We usually say > She has took a photo. For next time I am going to be more attentive and avoid this kind of error.
    – jr28
    Oct 16, 2015 at 22:25
  • You can use She took a photo, or "She has taken a photo," but not She has took a photo.
    – J.R. ♦
    May 2 at 20:39

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