FAQ: What Tense Is Have Been In English?

The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time. The present perfect continuous is formed using the construction has/have been + the present participle (root + -ing).

What tense is have been?

“Have been” is in the present tense; more specifically, it is in the perfect progressive aspect. So, one would say that it is in the present perfect progressive tense. Tense describes the time at which the action takes place, and English has three: past, present, and future.

What tense should have been?

These past tense modals are useful for expressing your present feelings about a past decision (or other action). Past modals tell what could have, would have, and should have happened. To form these past modals, use could, would, or should followed by have, followed by a past participle verb.

What is have been?

Reminder: have been is the present perfect tense of to be, and have gone is the present perfect tense of to go. Have been and have gone are often used with similar meanings: I’ve been to Japan a few times = I’ve gone to Japan a few times.

What verb tense is have been?

The present perfect continuous is formed with have/has been and the -ing form of the verb. We normally use the present perfect continuous to emphasise that something is still continuing in the present: She has been living in Liverpool all her life.

How do you use might have been?

May have been and might have been mean the same thing in American English, and are nearly always interchangeable. These two sentences are equivalent, for example: I may have been taking a shower when you called. I might have been taking a shower when you called.

Could have been used in grammar?

These past modal verbs are all used hypothetically, to talk about things that didn’t really happen in the past. 1: Could have + past participle means that something was possible in the past, or you had the ability to do something in the past, but that you didn’t do it.

Would have been sentence?

For example, you might say something like, “ I would have been there for your birthday party but I was sick in bed with the flu.” This shows that you intended to be there but something came up that prevented you from going. Things would have been different if another situation or condition had been met.

What is have been in grammar?

“Has been” and “have been” are both in the present perfect tense. “Has been” is used in the third-person singular and “have been” is used for first- and second-person singular and all plural uses. The present perfect tense refers to an action that began at some time in the past and is still in progress.

What is the past tense of have been?

The past tense of have been is had been. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of have been is has been. The present participle of have been is having been. The past participle of have been is had been.

When to use have or have been?

The best way to recognise the present perfect tense is to see if the second verb ends in “ed” (like visited). On the other hand, to have been is used in the present perfect continuous tense, which conveys an action which began in the past and is still continuing in the present.

What is the sentence of have been?

When to use Have been in Sentences I have been waiting for you. They have been working on a project for 4 years. I have been reading this book, it’s amazing. We have been doing this since 2003.

Has been ing grammar?

You form the present perfect progressive by using have been (or has been) followed by an –ing verb. For instance, “She has been sitting in class since early this morning.” The action, sitting, is continuing. But the emphasis is on the completed part of the action.

Has been have been sentences?

He has been really sick lately There has been a change of plans I have been sick all week I have been waiting for him since morning I have been working since morning “ Had been” is past perfect Continuous used only when at least two things are mentioned as having occurred in the past, in a relative sense, in the same