Usages of have (has) been
and had been
Case:
Arrangement
Usage:
!! : A meeting has been arranged between the management and
the union
Case:
kidnap(ed)
Usage:
!! : Three-
years-old, Sunil had disappeared suddenly from outside the his house.It is
thought that Sunil had been kidnapped
Adding
new word(s) in usage of have (has) been and had been according
to required approach or expression. New word: indeed
Example: had indeed been
Usage:
- The parents of Sunil waited in vain for the news from kidnapper,
if Sunil had indeed
been kidnapped
Example: has recently been
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Case:
Murder(ed)
Usage:
§
The boy has been
murdered (supposed to be recent or present incident)
§ The
boy had been
murdered (supposed to be a past
incident)
Usage:
§ He
had been well cared (past)
§ He has
been well cared (present)
Case: improve (d)
New word: already. Example: have already been.
Usage:
!! :
The lives of women in my country have already been improved
over the years
Case:
Receive
!!
: The mentioned amount has been
received in favor me.
Case:
Peace
Usage:
!! : The
river was filled with water all the year round. It ran through two countries
which had been peace for the countries
Case:
Damage/gutt
Usage:
!!
: About twelve shop have been gutted in the fire.
Case:
Poor- describing condition of somebody and something
Usage:
!! I have been poor off since my business collapsed
Case:
Afraid.
Usage:
!! I had been afraid of even looking down in from
high building.
Case:
Taking strategies, steps, measures.polices.
Usage:
Here usage in passive
form.
!! : A lot of effort has been taken by government to
educate the people.
!! :
Some strategies have
been taken to promote this area.
Case:
Consign
Usage:
!! : The goods have been consigned (by rail)
!! : The child has been
consigned to its uncle’s care
Case: Receive (d)
Usage:
!! : Money has been received now in a parent account.
Case: Profession and job is described in a
way: usage like here.
Usage:
!! Mr. Ruth has been
a business woman, coach, mentor, counselor and friend.
Case: Change (d)
Usage:
New word: Successfully
Example: has successfully been
!! : Your has successfully
been changed to islamsajed018@gmail.com
Case: Appropriate:
Collect or manage something for special
purpose.
Usage:
TK 50,0000 has been appropriated for
building a community centre.
Case: in case of
prison
Usage:
!! He never visited me in prison for seven years I had been
there.
Case: point out
Usage:
!! Now, an alternative
interpretation has
been pointed out
Case: Discuss
Usage:
!! : We have been
discussing the ways in which psychologist seek to understand the issue and
answer of interest.
Case:Suggestion : passive form
Usage:
!! : A variety of factors have been suggested
Case:
Honor
Usage:
(passive form)
I had been honored (by someone
Case:
Time related to past event/ issue
!! It had been
many years since I had last seen her face.
Case:
describing past relation
Usage:
U:
Emily had
been my first love and only love.
Case: Describing/ presenting something:
career,background,nature about somebody.
Usage:
U: I had been
presenting him for days about his background.
Case: promotion.
Usage: Description
.
Form of Description/stating is past by someone.
U: Joseph had been promoted to assistant manager
Form of Description/stating is present by someone.
U: Joseph has been
promoted to assistant manager
Case: Disappoint(ed)
Usage:
U: Everyone must have been
disappointed that the fight did not take place.
Case: Responsible.
Usage:
Responsibility in the past
U: He had been
entirely responsible for saving two lives.
Responsibility in the present
U: He has been
entirely responsible for saving two lives.
U: These institutions have been
responsible for saving the children.
Case: Thrilled
Usage:
U: She had been
thrilled at the impending arrival of her grandson.
Case: Think
Usage:
Past:--
U: He had been
thinking about the subject for several years ago.
Present:--
U: He has been
thinking about the immunization for the children that he prefers to write
Case: existing something in mind.
Usage:
U: This is an opportunity
to write about the things in school that has been on your mind.
Case: Expressing purpose of
something done
U This book has been
written to help both managers and potential managers develop those people skills
Case: Disappoint(ed)
Usage:
U: Everyone must have been
disappointed that the fight did not take place.
Case: Responsible.
Usage:
Responsibility in the past
U: He had been
entirely responsible for saving two lives.
Responsibility in the present
U: He has been
entirely responsible for saving two lives.
U: These institutions have been
responsible for saving the children.
Case: Thrilled
Usage:
U: She had been
thrilled at the impending arrival of her grandson.
Case: Think
Usage:
Past:--
U: He had been
thinking about the subject for several years ago.
Present:--
U: He has been
thinking about the immunization for the children that he prefers to write
Case: existing something in mind.
Usage:
U: This is an opportunity
to write about the things in school that has been on your mind.
Case: Expressing purpose of
something done
U This book has been
written to help both managers and potential managers develop those people skills
Case: Continuation of mental and physical characters appearing in someone
In the past:
U: He had been dirty, hungry and completely without hope.
In the present
:
U: He has been dirty, hungry,and completely without hope.
U Lemon has been much used as a relaxing agent
Using has been
A. Monforts appointed Gunnar Meyer as sales Director making him
responsible for the sales and forwarding department .Mr. Meyer has been with Monforts for many years and is
currently Area Sales Manager for Asia.
Case: using has been
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word meaning
Scatter(ed): To cause to separate and go in different directions.
A haphazard distribution in all
directions.
Artifact(s): A
man-made object taken as a whole.
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ARCHIVING 71
Since
the early nineties, Drik picture Library has been
working to collect and archive any and all scattered
records of the Liberation War of Bangladesh held in 1971. They have been working to collect, list and record visual
fragment of the War of 1971, as well as documents records and artifacts
Using has been
Bank Asia has been conscious of Corporate Social
Responsibility from very beginning of its operation in 1999. The bank looks beyond short-term quantitative
gains and concentrate on issues which make the institution socially
responsible. The bank always expects sustainable and balanced growth of the society
Using have been
In recent years, there have been many alarming reports that the world’s
climate is undergoing a significant change. All these reports provide strong
evidence that world temperatures are increasing day by day. This increase in
global warming is caused by increased amount of carbon dioxide around the earth .
Study
Case when expression is formed with has been.
This domain has just been registered for one of our customers!
Jack is
sick today. Jack has been sick for three days.
The boys are late. The boys have been late every day for the
last five days.
The door is open. The door has been open since 8 o'clock
this morning.
The books are on the table. The books have been
on the table since yesterday.
There are a lot of problems in city government
There have been a lot of problems in city government
since 2006
!!!
In an email to this writer Nobel laureate Amartya Sen writes, “ I have been an admirer of
Shamsuzzaman Khan’s work for a very long time.
Remark : In case of “you are admirer of someone/
something” you can use has been in your speaking and
written
compositon.
!! “ We have been
looking at certain markets and we have been
looking at certain opportunities which (we believe
)make sense in the long run, though it may
not draw significant amount of money in the short run”
!! I
have been looking for
shade plan at this forum and I have found many to
choose from, only I couldn't find where to buy
them. I didn't want to get one plant here then one plant there because the
shipping would be too high.
Remarks : It is one of the issue/category where usage of have/has been is appropriate. at the same issue in the past event , had been is appropriate
''We had been looking at certain markets even in a rural area as there was a opportunity to earn profit ''.
Case: Has been
Remark ::
please practice to find out issue /subject first and then find out its form: singular ,plural .in this way
followed by subject/issue and form you can able to apply have been and has been correctly. .
The science of astrology has been
in existence for thousands of years. The aim is to make a
conscious attempt to measure, record and predict objective and subjective
events by studying the positions of the heavenly bodies at any given time. team. The erudite team of
astrologers at GaneshaSpeaks.com has been tutored by Bejan
Daruwala himself.
Usage: has been
Remarks
: here subject is
congestion . form is singular. Plural
form containers is not subject .
Example :
we/they have been . he has been
An acute congestion of containers has been disrupting loading and unloading at Chittagong port for the
past few weeks, due to frequent hartals, bad weather and rising imports
