How do you use born in a sentence?

[M] [T] She was born in the small village. [M] [T] That's the house where Tom was born. [M] [T] I don't know the exact place I was born. [M] [T] She was born at six a.m. on July 17, 1990.
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How do you write born in a sentence?

Examples of born in a Sentence

She was born in a hospital. He was born on a farm. She was born in Nigeria in 1911. The baby was born on July 31st.
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How do you use born?

Born is the common past-tense form of the verb meaning "to give birth." It is often used in the passive voice: She was born in a log cabin in March of 1817. A lot of good ideas are born outside the workplace.
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When was born example?

When I was born, my father was working on "Chicago". My mother was 15 when I was born. "My mother was very young when I was born. My dad was 64 when I was born.
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Do you say born on or born in?

If you are talking about the year, month or season then it should be: Born in. Example: I was born in 1980 (May, summer). If you are talking about day of the week or a holiday then it should be Born on. Example: I was born on Monday (Christmas day).
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I Born...or I Was Born? (Common English Mistakes)



Why do we say was born?

In English we say "I was born" because the verb is "to bear", and that verb means to bring a child into the world, to give birth.
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When to use is born and was born?

The word 'born' does not change form. To change tenses you need to change the tense of helping verbs. 'is born', 'was born' etc. 'Born' is always used with 'be' verb.
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When were you born or born?

We use was/were born when we talk about when or where someone started their life: I was born in 1988. Not: I am born in 1988. or I born in 1988.
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What kind of word is born?

Born can be a verb or a noun.
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What is the noun of born?

noun. an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth. the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition: a difficult birth. lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth.
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Is born day correct?

'Day' is also a noun. So if we join 'born' and 'day' the word will be 'born day' and not 'bornday' because one is verb and other is noun. But when we join 'birth' and 'day' we get a compound word 'birthday', which is grammatically correct.
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What is a synonym for born?

deliver. verbdischarge, give forth. accouch. bear. birth.
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What does it mean to be born to?

In formal English, if you say that someone is born of someone or to someone, you mean that person is their parent. She was born in Milan on April 29, 1923. He was born of German parents and lived most of his life abroad. Synonyms: brought into this world, delivered More Synonyms of born.
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What is the definition of being born?

1a : the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent. b : the act or process of bringing forth young from the womb. 2 : a state resulting from being born especially at a particular time or place a Southerner by birth. 3a : lineage, extraction.
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Where are you born correct?

It is not correct. Although a fluent English speaker would understand what you were trying to say, the correct question is as you acknowledged, "Where were you born?".
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Can we say he was born?

It is not correct! And the right form should be I was born in Canada. This is because the past tense of born is not borned but rather Was born. The verb bear means carry.
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Were you born or are you born?

"When were you born?" is the correct version. A simple rule of thumb would be to replace it with a similarly formed verb. Born is past participle, so we could replace it with written.
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Was born is correct or not?

The correct phrase here is "I was born," because the past tense of the verb "born" is also "born." The word "borne," however, is the past tense of the verb "bear."
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Was born VS had been born?

In the context of a sharing the same date of birth, "had been born" is more appropriate since it implies the child was already born on another day. If the child is to be born at a future date, "was born" would be appropriate.
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How do you use born and raised?

Sentence examples for I was born and raised from inspiring English sources. I was born and raised here. I was born and raised in Singapore. I was born and raised a Democrat.
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What is the verb form of Born?

Born is the past participle of the verb bear only when it's used in the sense of birth. It is also used as an adjective in the same sense. Borne is the past participle of the verb bear in all senses except the one related to birth.
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Is born and raised grammatically correct?

Both born and raised in the same particular place; having lived in one's birthplace through one's adolescence. The phrase implies that one's identity has been shaped by the place. I may live in California now, but I'm a Texas gal, born and raised!
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Which preposition is used after born?

The words in, at, by, during, to, and before are the prepositions after the word born.
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