Been is past tense and being is being is present tense. For example, "Bill has been a pain in the past." "Bill is being a pain."
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"Been" is the past participle of the verb "be" and is used to form the perfect tenses in English (e.g., I have been to the store). "Being" is the present participle of the verb "be" and is used to indicate a continuous action or state in the present (e.g., I am being careful).
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"Have been rescued" indicates that the rescue has already taken place in the past, while "have being rescued" is not a correct grammatical construct in English. You should use "have been rescued" to describe a past rescue.
"Had been sent" is in the passive voice, indicating that the subject received the action of being sent. "Had sent" is in the active voice, meaning the subject performed the action of sending.
A sentence using both:They were both being questioned about where they had been on Friday afternoon.The difference between being and been, although both use helper verbs, is that being implies that an action is continuous, whereas been means that the action is completed.Being as a verb uses another form of to be along with it.Examples:"He is being polite.""He was being polite."Been uses the helper verb to have along with it.Examples:"He has been busy.""He had been busy."
"Has been" is present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues into the present. "Was been" is not a correct verb phrase in English.