He has been killed vs He have been killed

The correct phrase is "he has been killed." In English, the verb "have" is used with plural subjects like "they" or "we," while the verb "has" is used with singular subjects like "he" or "she."

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 946 views

He has been killed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "he has been killed" when referring to a singular male subject who has been killed.

Examples:

He has been killed in a car accident.
He has been killed in the line of duty.
He has been killed by a sniper.
He has been killed in a tragic accident.
He has been killed in a plane crash.

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He has been killed in an ambush near Matagalpa.
The rescue crew believes that he has been killed in an avalanche.
It is only too sad that, although he came to this Parliament last October, we obviously did not heed his warnings - nor did the international community - and now he has been killed.
He has probably been killed already.
You realise the most likely outcome is that he has indeed been killed.
You realize the most likely outcome is that he has indeed been killed?
Little embarrassing given we haven't been killed.
Three innocent victims have been killed.
Understand my men have been killed.
Thousands have been killed by deadly berynium radiation.
Reuters knew its employees had been killed.
Kono and Malia would have been killed immediately.
Twelve international aid workers have been killed in Darfur since the beginning of May alone, which is more than those killed over the last two years.
Almost one person every minute is killed by the bullet from a gun and two million children have been killed in the last decade.
MEPs condemned the violence in which scores of people have been killed.
And one person has already been killed trying to bring Astaroth back.
Not to mention that I could've been killed too.
Severe abdominal laceration, and he had to have been killed here.
Thank you, but we never eat anything that's been killed.
56 of your people have been killed.

He have been killed

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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Now, I know he is supposed to have died in Rome, but could he have been killed here, underneath the baths?
He might have been killed in the woods and brought here afterwards.
So he must have been killed for information on these computers.
We think he may have been killed.
He may have been killed in Malaysia.
He must have been killed out here, and then someone...
We think he might have been killed on your property.
He could have been killed to stop him giving evidence.
Okay, well, given the latex found under Dobbs' fingernail, he might have been killed right after his last burglary.
During the SORT team's attack, he may have been killed.
Our victim was a wreck diver, and we think that he may have been killed at one of his dive sites.
Most of those whom he worked with have been killed, too.
Severe abdominal laceration, and he had to have been killed here.
He wouldn't have been killed, another driver would have.
Steven Horowitz may not have been killed because he was a debt collector, he may have been killed because he was a debt forgiver.
In my story, you see, he couldn't have actually been killed in an office, because he was somewhere else.
He is reported to have been killed in action,
And he is believed to have been killed upon impact .
the police found his car in the woods with a blind light and I think he might have been killed
Both the victims he's killed have been hispanic men in their 40s.

Alternatives:

he has been killed
he was killed
he got killed
he was murdered
he lost his life

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He has been killed vs He have been killed