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 is now - what is currently happening - and past is anything and everything that has happened (been and gone).
Present - am/is/are Past - was/were/been
Being is the present participle. The past participle is been.
Past.
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.
am, was, had been.
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
"Have been" is used to indicate actions that started in the past and continue in the present. "Had been" is used to indicate actions that were completed in the past before another action occurred.
Past tense helping verbs (also known as auxiliary verbs) include "was," "were," "had," "did," and "would." Present tense helping verbs include "am," "is," "are," "have," and "do." These helping verbs are used with main verbs to form verb phrases in different tenses.
base verb = be present = am/is/are past = was/were past participle = been present participle = being