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Master All Uses of BEING | All Tenses, Passive Voice, Gerunds | English Grammar Lesson - Ananya | Learn English | Let's Talk - Free English Lessons | YouTubeToText
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This lesson explains the various uses of the verb "being" in English, differentiating it from "been" and detailing eight distinct applications, from describing temporary behavior to its function as a noun.
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Welcome back to the channel. I am Ana.
In our previous lesson, we talked about
eight main uses of been. Now, if you
haven't watched that lesson, there's a
link in the description. I want you to
watch that lesson because it will make
understanding today's lesson much
easier. There's also a quiz at the end
to test your understanding. So, watch
the lesson until the end. In today's
lesson, we are going to learn all the
uses of being. Now, both beam and being
come from the same verb that is to be.
We discussed that in the last lesson,
but they are used in completely
different ways and different time
frames. So, before we start, let's
quickly understand the difference
between being and being. As I mentioned
earlier, been and being come from the
verb to be, but their forms are
different. Been is the past participle
of be, while being is the present
participle of the verb be. Now, in
simple words, been is used to talk about
what has happened or been experienced.
While being is used to talk about what
is happening or how someone is acting
right now that is at the moment. I hope
you understood the basic difference of
being and being. Now let's understand
eight main uses of the verb being. The
first use is to talk about someone's
behavior or attitude. One thing to
remember, we always use being with verbs
like [music] am, is, are, was, or were.
When we describe someone's temporary
behavior, something that's true right
now, but not always. In such situations,
we use being. Take a look at these
examples. You are being rude. It means
you're acting rude right now. It's not
your normal behavior. You're just acting
rude right now. She's being kind today.
It means she's behaving kindly at the
moment. He was being silly at the party.
This means he acted silly, but that's
not his usual behavior. They are being
noisy again. It means it's happening
now. Now, here is a common mistake what
people make. If you say he is rude, this
means it is his character. That's how he
is. He's rude. But if you say he's being
rude, that's just his temporary
behavior. He's not rude in general or
that's not his character. I hope you got
the difference. Moving on to the second
use of being. We use being in the
passive voice. It's used for actions
happening now or around now. We use
being in the continuous form of passive
voice to show that something is being
done right now. Here are some examples.
The road is being repaired. Again, we
not interested who is repairing the
road. The focus is on the repair of the
road. The movie is being filmed in
Mumbai. The car is being washed. Dinner
is being served. The project was being
discussed when I arrived. So in all
these examples, we are not interested
who did it. The focus is on the action
or what's happening. And in such
situations, we use being. So in short,
if you want to say something is
happening at the moment, you will always
use being. And if it is being done by
someone, this is the structure we use.
We use is, are, was, were plus being
plus the past participle. All right,
let's move on to the third use of being.
We also use being to show a temporary
state or condition. It's used to show
how someone is feeling at the moment.
It's not a permanent state, right? It's
just a temporary state. For example,
she's being difficult today. Possibly
she's showing a lot of tantrums, but
that's not her usual way of behaving.
He's being very quiet lately. Now,
possibly something is disturbing him,
but that's not how he is. He's a very
energetic person, but but these days,
he's pretty quiet. You're being
negative. Try to stay positive. So,
being negative is not his usual
behavior, but possibly because of
something, he's being negative. They
were being cautious because of the So
possibly someone is driving and because
it's raining they are extra cautious.
All right, moving on to the next use of
being. It's used to describe roles or
identities. We use being to talk about
someone's role, position or identity,
who or what someone is acting as or
serving as. Now in this case being acts
like a noun. It names the state or role
of a person. Take a look at these
examples. She loves being a teacher. So
here it's acting as a noun. He enjoys
being a father. I hate being late for
meetings. Being a student isn't easy.
Being a leader comes with
responsibility. So in all these
sentences, being acts like a noun. Now
let's move on to the fifth use of being.
We sometimes use being to explain the
reason for something or the cause for
something. And it is especially used in
formal or written English. And in such
sentences we always use for or because
of. For example, she was praised for
being honest. So here we are giving a
cause or a reason why she was praised.
He got a promotion for being
hardworking. So again he got a promotion
and what is the reason for it? Because
he works hard. They were criticized for
being rude. I thanked her for being
helpful. So the reason for me thanking
her is because she was helpful. Now to
form such sentences we use for plus
being plus adjective. And this structure
is commonly used to talk about a reason
for something or a cause for something.
I hope it was pretty easy to understand
this use of being. Moving on to the
sixth use of been to form continuous
passive voice sentences with having. Now
in advanced English, we use having been
or been together to describe actions in
perfect or passive forms. Take a look at
these examples. The document has been
being reviewed for weeks. Now you might
say this sentence is incorrect because
we have used been and being in one
sentence but this sentence is absolutely
correct. Now in spoken English we rarely
say being and being. We don't use it in
spoken communication but it's common in
writing to show an ongoing process. So
here the document has been being
reviewed for weeks. It means the review
of the document is an ongoing process.
It's continuing and this is an advanced
English structure. If you're appearing
for an ISL written exam and if you use
this structure, I'm sure you'll get
eight plus bands. Now, let's move on to
the seventh use of being. We can also
use being as a noun and it is especially
used to mean a living creature or
existence of something. For example,
human beings are social creatures. Every
living being deserves respect. She
believes in spiritual beings. It means
she believes in the spiritual world. The
forest is full of mysterious beings.
This means the forest has a lot of
unseen or mysterious creatures or
animals. So here in all these sentences
we have used being as a noun and it
means a form of life. And now let's move
on to the final use of being. We often
use being after prepositions or certain
verbs just like a noun but here it's a
gerand form. Take a look at these
examples. I'm tired of being ignored.
She apologized for being late. He
admitted to being wrong. They are
excited about being chosen. Thank you
for being so patient. So in all these
sentences being is functioning like a
gerand describing an action or a state.
So those were all the eight uses of
being. Now let's test your
understanding. You have four questions
on your screen and in the blank you have
to choose the right option either been
or being. If you want you can pause the
video here, take a screenshot and drop
your answers in [music] the comments. So
that's it for today's lesson. We covered
all the main uses of being from
temporary behavior to passive voice and
even when being acts as a noun. Now, if
you enjoyed this video, don't forget to
like and [music] subscribe and share it
with your friends who are learning
English because they might need this
lesson. I'm going to see you soon in the
next lesson. Until then, as usual, keep
learning and keep practicing English.
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