Born vs Borne - English Grammar - Teaching Tips

This video focuses on the difference between "born" and "borne". Because of their similar spelling, the two words are often confused in the English language. The word "born" is an adjective and means "having started life". Let's take a look at an example sentence. "I was born in Germany but my sister was born in France". The word ?borne?, on the other hand, is the past participle of " to bear", meaning "carried", "transported" or "take responsibility for". A good example for the word is: "All costs shall be borne by the buyer". This should clear up any confusion.

Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next.

I liked that there was a reminder at the beginning of the unit that we are learning only basic grammar in this course and that we will probably need to do more studying in order to be an effective teacher. I think most schools will have an idea of what they want us to teach, which gives direction into what I would need to study more, but I can't expect that I will be fully ready to teach after taking this course. I also like the charts and I like that we keep reviewing different tenses because I often forget which tense is named what.

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