What tense is I have been?

Reminder: have been is the present perfect tense of to be, and have gone is the present perfect tense of to go. However, in some contexts, the meanings can be different. I have been refers to a completed journey (or journeys) in the past. I have gone can refer to a journey from which the speaker has not yet returned.
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What tense is I have been working?

I have been working here for 20 years.

(Present perfect continuous tense). It shows an action that started in the past continued without breaks up until now and is still continuing.
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Is I have been past tense?

Have been and has been are verb constructions that are used in the present perfect tense and the present perfect progressive tense. The present perfect tense identifies an action or a state that took place at an unspecified time in the past.
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What type of 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. It's been raining for hours.
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Is have been past or present tense?

"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.
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What is have been past tense?

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.
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Is been past tense?

Been is the past participle of be, and we only use it in the perfect tense. In general, we use the perfect tense when we want to focus on the present results of things that have been done in the past.
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What is have been in grammar?

'Has been' and 'have been' suggest an action that started in the past, but continues in the present. When we are talking about the present: If the subject of a sentence is I – You – We – They or a plural noun (cars, birds, children) we use 'have been'.
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What is perfect continuous tense?

The perfect progressive tense (also called the perfect continuous tense) is used to say that an event or action is, was, or will be continually occurring (progressive) but that it is, was, or will be completed at a later time, or that it relates to a later time (perfect).
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What is past perfect tenses?

The past perfect refers to a time earlier than before now. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past. It does not matter which event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one happened first.
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Had been or have been?

“Had been” is used to mean that something happened in the past and has already ended. “Have been” and “has been” are used to mean that something began in the past and has lasted into the present time.
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What is the meaning of have been?

idiom. —used to say that one has experienced the same thing that someone else has experienced.
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Have been VS has been?

What is this? “Have been” is used in the present continuous perfect tense in the first, second, and third person plural form whereas “has been” is used in the singular form only for the third person.
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What is progressive tense used for?

: a verb tense that is used to refer to an action or a state that is continuing to happen In English, a verb form in the progressive tense consists of a form of the verb "be" followed by the main verb's present participle.
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What are the examples of past progressive tense?

Examples Past Progressive (Continuous)
  • He was writing an e-mail when the phone rang.
  • When the phone rang, he was writing an e-mail.
  • While he was writing an e-mail, the phone rang.
  • I was preparing dinner while Melanie was working upstairs.
  • While Melanie was working upstairs, I was preparing dinner.
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What are the 4 types of past tense?

The four types of past tense verbs
  • Simple past tense.
  • Past perfect tense.
  • Past continuous tense.
  • Past perfect continuous tense.
  • A past action/state happened before another one:
  • Information reported by someone:
  • Conditional statements:
  • A past event was interrupted by something:
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Was present perfect tense?

The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that either occurred at an indefinite time in the past (e.g., we have talked before) or began in the past and continued to the present time (e.g., he has grown impatient over the last hour). This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.
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What is the short form of have been?

Meaning of I've in English

short form of I have: I've been waiting an hour already.
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Is present continuous tense?

The present continuous tense is a grammatical tense that can be used to describe when an action happened, or may happen. You can use it to describe both events that are happening in the present – right now, while you are talking about something, or in the future – something that may or will happen later on.
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What tense is have?

Present Tense Uses of Have and Has. Both words are present tense forms of the verb to have. The past-tense form is had, and the present progressive tense (or continuous tense) is having.
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Were or have been?

Now, let us expand the scope of these words. Let us say 'were' is a representative of the past tense, and 'have been' a representative of the present perfect tense.
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Have been vs have being?

As a rule the word 'been' is always used after 'have' whereas 'being' is never used after 'have'. It is used after 'be'. I have been busy. NOT I have being busy.
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Have been or has been completed?

Both are correct. They represent present perfect tense (Passive Voice). i) Neither case has been completed. ii) Urbanization has been completed.
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Is been grammatically correct?

'Is been' is grammatically wrong,when you use the word 'been' you're reffering the past or ongoing action that started in the past,while 'is' is indicating present action. So,'has been' is the correct one.
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