What type of verb is been?

Answer 1

forms of the infinitive "to be" ---- am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, have, had might, may, must, could, can, would, will, should, shall, feel...

"Being verbs" are sometimes necessary to clarify a sentence, and set up apposition (as in the case of this sentence). Stylistically, one should try to avoid use of the passive voice, in which the object "is being acted" upon by some agent, which is usually unspecified. Because of the ambiguity of what's doing the action in passive voice, the literary community tends to believe passive voice weakens writing, although scientific literature widely uses it. There is nothing wrong with the passive voice, though. It sometimes may be necessary, as in the case of using "being necessary", or "being able", both of which cannot be made active. A good rule of thumb to follow is that if the sentence can be rewritten with the subject as an object, it is passive. Consider the following sentences:

1) These "being verbs" are frowned upon in professional writing.

This sentence is passive. The "being verbs" "are being acted" upon by another agent, in this case, professional writing. To make the sentence active, it should read:

Professional writing frowns upon "being verbs".

2) The passive voice should be changed to an active voice; one should replace all being verbs with verbs that do more work and are more exciting.

Again, the beginning of this sentence is passive. Analyzing the sentence, one can see that "the passive voice" can be changed by something, but it is unclear what. This is the ambiguity mentioned earlier that tends to weaken writing. Adding a most likely subject, the sentence now reads:

One should change the passive voice; one should....

Finally, one should note that while the passive can weaken writing, it all depends on its use. In explanatory writing especially, as in the examples above, a writer will use the passive voice to separate himself from the subject.

Answer 2

I learned this a little bit ago, but the answer is a helping verb.

I learned a song to help with learning helping/linking verbs and it is sung like the birthday song...

Am, is, are, was, were, be,

being, been, have, has, had,

shall, should, could, can will, would,

may, might, must, do, does.

Hope that helps! :)

Sincerely,

Mysterious person

Answer 3

its a verb that links to a noun like is,am,are,was,were,be,being,been,has,have,had,do,does,did,shal,will,should would, may, might,must,can,could

Answer 4

Forms of the verb "be" are is, are, was, were, has, had, have. You should replace "be" verbs with action verbs.