be being especially when written BE being represents any one of the forms of the verb BE i e am are is was were have been followed by the word being An example of this is That child is being very difficult The grammatical term for the form in this example would be the Present Progressive or Present Continuous Tense or Aspect or Form of the verb BE In over 45 years of being consciously aware of English forms I have never encountered do doing But then I ve never been to Boston