Secretes behind Being And Been.

Secretes behind Being And Been.

Writers have confuse as when to use  Being and Been. Both are probounce with the same way. It is important  to  know the differences and when to use them. But first let start with their similarities between the two.

They are both principle of verb "to be". This is why it renders students alot of hard times becauae they are dealing  with  the same action word.

Before that lets take a look to the  principal differences, being is a present participle. Lo! all present  participle ends with " -ing". For example; Walking, eating, running, havesting.   While " been" is a past participle, some  past participle ends with "ed" for instamt: learned, studied, cried;others are  asymmetrical like; run , swum, chosen, spoken,wooden, waken.

Let see how it should  be use.

Present participle:

"Being" is a passive voice , unresisting form of present continuous or progressive and past continuous  or progressive. Let give an example  on a sentence.

Passive form of present continuous or progressive voice :Greg was being taking his pills. John was being interviewed for the auto body position as we speak.We obviously  comprehend  that these action are in progres, present  as the time  we speak.

Passive form of past progress or continuous: 

French course  were being taking when I arrived. Bonanza were being given every day. The  day I came john were being interviewed for auto body position. In these examples we see that the actions were in progress in a certain moments - when I arrived . In both continous tenses we use  "being"  in passive framework.

On past participle ,this can be used  in passive voice. And in addition, as well in other tenses. Below are  the examples of it uses :

Present perfect: 

I have been to Abuja twice. I've  never  been late to school. I've been a mechanic for nine years.

Present perfect continuous: 

I've been teaching Auto mechanical courses for over twenty years. They have been running for an hour. Yonah have  been studying for six hours uninterrupted.

Past perfect: 

Oxford college was a great place to study .I had never been with such interesting, Folks.

Past perfect continuous : 

When I first came to Cardiff University, I had been studying English for five years. I had been looking for a different sorts of learning experience.

Passive form of the present perfect:

Several workers have been suspended. Students have been tought well. Many roads have been destroyed by the land slide.

Passive form of Past perfect:
Steven did very well on his task.The topic had been clearly explained.  

Lastly, let's look on how each is pronounced.  "Being"  has two syllables- "be '' --"ing"

While  "Been" has one syllable, sound  as " Bin" in "recycle bin". 
Now one have known the differences between the twin words try making it realistic by engaging with conversation using being and been. This will make meaning familiar and permanent. Thus increases your vocabulary.