Present perfect tense

'Have been,' 'has been' and 'had been' all sound very similar, but are they used for the same thing?

How to know when and how to use each one?

Has been past tense

Had been used in which tense

Have been or has been examples

Have been examples

Had been meaning

That is what we will cover in today's article.

The quick answer is:

• 'Has been' is the present perfect tense for the pronouns 'he', 'she', 'it'
• 'Have been' is the present perfect tense for the pronouns 'I', 'you', 'we', 'they'
• 'Had been' is the past perfect tense for all pronouns

When and How to Use Has Been or Have Been

Let's start with the present perfect.

When and how should you use which phrase? What is the difference between the two? And what do these verb phrases mean?

You can first brush up on your present tenses here if you like.

Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

You can use the present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses if you want to talk about something that happened in the past.

Why, then, is it called the present perfect? That is because the past event or action continues to be true today.

Present Perfect

The present

has is used in past tense

has is used in present tense