Difference Between Were and Had Been

Had/has/have been is usually used for something that was done in the past and still applies (multiple events). Was/were usually applies to something done in the past that no longer applies (single event). Example: The well had been producing clean water.

1. When to use have been or were?
2. Where do we use had been?
3. What is the difference between had and had been?
4. Were been meaning?
5. Were being or had been?
6. Was been is correct?
7. Had been there meaning?
8. Had been and had being?
9. Had been worked meaning?
10. Had done or had been done?

When to use have been or were?

Let us say 'were' is a representative of the past tense, and 'have been' a representative of the present perfect tense.

Where do we use had been?

We use 'had been' when you describe something that happened in the past before something else in the past. Also an action that had happened in the past and does not reflect any continuation to the present time. Example: By 500 AD, the Roman Empire had been defeated.

What is the difference between had and had 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.

Were been meaning?

They are both grammatical, and have a roughly similar meaning. The first is in the simple past tense, and refers to a situation of the past (i.e. definitely before the present moment) and without connection to the present (nothing is implied about what may be true now).

Were being or had been?

Both constructions are past tense, but "had been" implies ongoing action, whereas "were" says merely that it happened at an unspecified time and is now over. ... Were is second- or third-person past tense of to be.

Was been is correct?

The difference between “has been” and “was” is that “has been” is used in the present perfect continuous tense whereas “was” is used in the past continuous tense. They are used for two different tenses and for two different times, present and past.

Had been there meaning?

"Had been there" is past in relation to another past event. I had been there before when I first traveled to France. "Have been there" is still present. It is an event that happened sometime before now, but the time is unclear. It is in relation to the present.

Had been and had being?

As a rule, the word "been" is always used after "to have" (in any of its forms, e.g., "has," "had," "will have," "having"). Conversely, the word "being" is never used after "to have." "Being" is used after "to be" (in any of its forms, e.g., "am," "is," "are," "was," "were"). Examples: I have been busy.

Had been worked meaning?

This is in the past perfect tense. ...had been working... This is in the past perfect continuous tense. The latter means she had been working continuously with an advertising company for the past 5 years. The first does not necessarily mean her work with the advertising company was uninterrupted over the five years.

Had done or had been done?

Have done --- Have done is a present perfect tense, generally it is used when the action is completed recently/just now. Had done-- Had done is a past perfect tense, generally refers to something which happened earlier in the past, before another action also occured in the past.