在学习英语时态的长河中,be 动词及其各种形态是非常重要的组成成分,其中 been 和 being 是 be 动词对应的现在分词和过去分词,been 跟在 have(has, have, had, having) 后面,而 being 跟在 be (am, is, are, was, were)动词后面 ,它们还是有本质的区别。
一、作为一个规则,been 总是跟在 have 及其其他形态后面,being 总是跟在 be 动词后面,例如:All the problems have been solved. You are being too modest. 二、been 是过去分词,跟在 have 及其他形态后面构成完成时,而 being 是现在分词,跟在 be 动词后面构成进行时,例如: The dog has been naughty.The dog is being naughty.三、being 可以作名词,表示一个人或生物,例如:I'm not an animal. I'm a human being.A strange being stepped out of the space ship.四、being 作动名词,跟名词有类似的语法功能,意思相当于 existing,例如:Do you like being so ignorant?The accident was caused by his being so clumsy.五、不同于其他的分词,been 和 being 不能置于名词前面修饰名词,例如:但是 being 可以与其他的词组成现在分词短语置于名词或代词前,例如:Being such a lazy oaf, Tony often drives to the nearby shops.解析:being such a lazy oaf 是现在分词短语,用来描述 Tony.
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