2006-08-08 00:05:42 · 3 answers · asked by bkrishna39 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
been is used in the perfect continuous tense,the past and present
often this tense is used to denote an action started in the past and continuing
e.g.I have been trying this sum for the past 3 hours.this means i started trying 3 hours back and i am still at it
it has been raining relentlessly for one week now.this means it started raining a week back and never stopped till this moment
he has been at loggerheads with James right from day one
from the very first day they did not get along well
2006-08-08 06:05:09 · answer #1 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has been (for he/she/it) and have been (all other persons) are the present perfect. This is used normally for either a situation that started in the past (often at a specific time) and continues to the present (example: I have been awake since 4 am) or a situation that happened at an unspecified time in the past (I've been to Scotland, and I want to go back.)
Had been is the past perfect. It's used for a situation that was already true BEFORE another time in the past. Ex: I had been asleep for an hour by the time my husband got home last night.
2006-08-08 07:47:25 · answer #2 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use it with have. such as have been
2006-08-08 07:29:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋