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Being and Been
Writers occasionally confuse the words being and been. As a rule, the word been is always used after have (in any form, e.g., has, had, will have, having). The word being is never used after have. Being is used after to be (in any form, e.g., am, is, are, was, were).

Examples:
I have been busy.
Terry has being taking the stores to the shelter.
(Remember, being cannot follow the verb to have (here, has).)
Being as a Noun
The word being can also be a noun. For example:
A human being
A strange being stepped out of the space ship.
Being as a Gerund
The word being can also be a gerund (which is a type of noun). For example:
Do you like being so ignorant?
The accident was caused by his being so clumsy.
I live in terror of not being misunderstood. (Oscar Wilde)
Note

Been and Being Are Participles
Being is the present participle of the verb to be. (For comparison, cooking is the present participle of the verb to cook.)

Been is the past participle of the verb to be. (For comparison, cooked is the past participle of the verb to cook.)

Often participles are used as adjectives before nouns, but being and been are not used this way. Look at these examples with the past participles deleted and broken and the present participles cooking and running.
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Cooking sauce.
Running shoes.
Even though been and being are participles, they are not used as adjectives before nouns.
The been car.
(What does this mean? The car that used to be a car? This is nonsense.)
The being tree.
(The tree that is a tree? This is nonsense.)
Been is always used in conjunction with the verb to have, which is its auxiliary verb. The auxiliary verb for being, on the other hand, is the verb to be (e.g., is, are, was). For example:
He is being stupid.
He is been stupid.
(Remember, been goes with has.)
He has been stupid.
However, being can act as an adjective before a noun (or a pronoun) when it is joined by other words to form a participle phrase.
Being such a lazy oaf, Tony often drives to the nearby shops.
(Being such a lazy oaf is a participle phrase that describes Tony.)

Now let’s try these few exercises:

Q1: Select the correct version:

You have been / being a very naughty boy.


Q2: Select the correct version:

The giant panda has been / being making headlines since he was born.


Q3: Select the correct version:

Has this pasta been / being re-heated?


Q4: Select the correct version:

The court ruled that the teacher was been / being vindictive.


Q5: Select the correct version:

Your mum's paintings are been / being sold next week.


Q6: Select the correct version:

Who is been / being protected here?


Q7: Select the correct version:

The doctor speculates what life may have been / being like for dinosaurs.


Q8: Select the correct version:

You have been / being a model pupil.


Q9: Select the correct version:

The port is been / being blocked by fishermen.


Q10: Select the correct version:

Police say that alcohol may have been / being a factor in the fight.

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