PAST tense of born

I was born on in 1988. (amended version is correct)

The tricky, confusing thing is that we're talking about the verb "to bear."

Present tense: She bears another child every year.

Past tense: She bore me a sister in 1975.

Future passive: How many children will be born in 2010?

(All passive voice tenses use the same past participle.)

I am born. I shall be born. I was born. I shall have been born, etc

Avangi I shall be born

Avangi, I thought you were already here! Seriously, for the original po

Adding to CB's comment, I've copied the "USAGE NOTES" on the words born and borne:

Since the latter part of the 18th century, a distinction has been made between born and borne as past participles of the verb bear.
Borne is the past participle in all senses that do not refer to physical birth: The wheatfields have borne abundantly this year. Judges have always borne a

I was born on 1988.

Have a good evening !:)

luskay52I was born in 1988.

Have a good evening !:)


Hi and welcome to the forums. Please note the change in preposition, which Yoong Liat specified earlier.

and it's between the two not among

And it's "between the two," not "among the two."

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shashi.mishra5what is the past tense of born?I was born on 1988.orI was borned on 1988.Which one is correct among the two?

Both of the sentences are wrong. You should say 'I was born in 1988'.

The form of this vocabulary could be verb and adjective form.

In case of verb form, it's used only in the passive without preposition 'by'.

the former one correct because the past tense of borne is borne .