Verb Tenses: Choose the right one

1. March is always / has always been my favorite month.
2. A lot of very interesting things happened / have happened in this 31-day period.
3. Back in 44BC, Julius Caesar has said / said his famous last words: “Et tu, Brute?”
4. In 440AD, St. Patrick died and gave / has given the Irish an excuse to drink.
5. And in 1983, I born / was born.

Answers:

1. Has always been
2. Have happened
3. Said
4. Gave
5. I was born.

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