HAS BEEN 🌟 HAVE BEEN 🌟 HAD BEEN 🤔 Advanced English Grammar Lesson | Go Natural English

Many of us sometimes feel confused with verb tenses. We feel unsure on how to apply it in various situations, especially, in conversation. They sound pretty much alike, with only a letter or two in difference, but each of these verb tenses has a different meaning. So it's really important that you know their differences and you know when and how to correctly use them.
Today's Verbs:
Today we will focus on these three verb combinations:
have been
has been
had been
Are you ready? Let's start learning!
Using "Has Been" and "Have Been"
Both "Has Been" and "Have Been" are under the present perfect tense. They are both used to talk about something that happened in the past, but is either still going on until the present day, or is still true until today.
The difference between the two is that "Has Been" is for singular subjects like She, He, It. While "Have Been" is used for plural subjects like they and we.
Let me give you some examples:
"I have been to Paris and Italy." - This happened in the past but is still a true fact until today.
"She's been an English teacher for over 20 years." - This means she started teaching 20 years ago and is still teaching until this day.
"We have been part of this team for so long." - The team started in the past and is still together until present.
"Chess has always been my favorite board game." - Chess is the singular subject. The speaker started playing chess in the past and continues to play chess today.
"Has Been and "Have Been" can also be used as present perfect continuous tense. Similar to present perfect, the action started in the past, and the main difference of this tense is that the action is ongoing in the present day.
Example:
"I have been going to the same hairstylist since I was a teenager." - Meaning the speaker went to this hairstylist when she was younger and she continues this habit until today.
"They have been arguing about that since this morning." - This sentence talks about people who have started their argument in the morning and has continued to argue at the moment.
Using "Had Been"
"Had Been" can also be used under two verb tenses. The first one is under the past perfect tense. This means that the action happened in the past or before a specific time in the past.
For example:
"Mary had been a top athlete in her school before her injury."
"The two boys had been best friends until they fought over a girl.
For the second of the 2 verb tenses it can be used under, "Had Been" can also be used as a past perfect continuous tense. It talks about a continuous action in the past, before another past action occurred.
"I had been cleaning the house when I saw the big rat."
"Charm had been reading her favorite book when she heard the loud noise from across the street."
"The family had been laughing over a funny story when the phone rang."
As a summary, remember that “have been” is paired with plural pronouns such as “we, they, you ...” And singular pronouns, “he, she, it” when we use “has been.”
"Had been" can be used for both singular and plural subjects but they are used to talk about past actions which happened or which was continuously happening before another past action occurred.
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