It is hard to say because this is not a complete verb phrase
It could be past.
Been is the past participle of the verb 'be'.
'Ought to be' is present tense. 'Ought to have been' is past tense.
Been is the past participle for be verbs.The base verb = beThe past be verbs = was / wereThe present be verbs = am / is / areThe past participle = beenThe present participle = being
"Has been" is actually the present perfect tense.
Was is preterit. Gone! Clean cut. Has been is past "participle", of participate? That is, the emotion of the past act carries into the present, drags into the present as it is remembered and talked about.
Present - am/is/are Past - was/were/been
Being is the present participle. The past participle is been.
Past.
Was is a be verb it is the past tense of am or is egI am happy (present tense) -- I was happy (past tense)He is happy (present tense) -- He was happy (past tense)The girl is happy (present tense) -- The girl was happy (past tense)orI am having lunch (present tense) -- I was having lunch (past tense)He is having lunch (present tense) -- He is having lunch (past tense)The boy is having lunch (present tense) -- The boy was having lunch (past tense)Has is a form of have. You use has when the subject of the sentence is he/she/it or a singular noun.He has a new carIt has red paintThe car has tinted windows
Been is the past participle of the verb 'be'.
To change a verb from present tense to past tense, usually you add "-ed" to the end of the verb. For example, "to have" in present tense becomes "had" in past tense.
The present participle is being. The past participle is been.
present - am / is / are - I am hungry. She is hungry. They are hungry. We are hungrypast - was / were - I was hungry. He was hungry. They were hungry. We were hungrypast participle - been - I have been hungry. She has been hungry. They have been hungry
Present perfect is formed with - have/has + past participle.The past participle of be is been. So present perfect is have/has been.I have been to France. She has been to Korea. We have been overseas. The doctor has been to town.
'Ought to be' is present tense. 'Ought to have been' is past tense.
Have is used as an auxilliary verb with other verb to form the past participle, present perfect, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future perfect continuous, future perfect and present perfect continuous, e.g. the use of have as an auxilliary verb with the verb go: Past Participle: Having gone present perfect: I have gone past perfect: I had gone past perfect continuous: I had been going future perfect continuous: I had been going future perfect: I will have gone present perfect continuous: I will have been going
am, was, had been.