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Common Mistakes
Common Mistakes
I am born in Rome.
I was born in Rome.
She is born in March so she is a Pisces.
She was born in March, so she is a Pisces.
The baby will born next week.
The baby will be born next week.
They found him alone in the flat - he was died.
They found him alone in the flat - he was dead.
He was dead ten days ago.
He had died ten days ago.
She is dead since many years.
She has been dead for many years.
Correct Form
Correct Form
She was born in 1997.
Her baby will be born in a couple of months.
He is dead. He died last year. He has been dead for one year.
By the time the ambulance got to the scene of the accident, he was already dead.
He died a few minutes before the ambulance arrived.
Guidelines
Guidelines
to be born - note that born is preceded by a part of the verb to be (is, will be, was, etc).
when talking about your own birth or that of someone use the past tense of to be not the present (she was born).
to die is a regular verb, it does not require the verb to be.
died is the past tense of to die.
to be dead - dead is an adjective and is the opposite of alive.
remember to use the present perfect to refer to something that took place in the past and is still true today (she had been dead for several years - not: she is dead for several years).
Practice
Practice
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