How to Use the word "being" correctly in English

Being is a word that can be hard to master for English as a Second Language speakers. It can be used as a gerund, or in present or past continuous tenses.

In a present or past continuous tense, being says that it is happening now, or was happening before, in a continual manner.

He is being nice.

She was being bad.

You are being good.

They were being mean.

I am being patient.

Being can also be used as a gerund, a word that acts like a noun and looks like a verb.

Do you like being a student? ("like" is the verb, "being" is a noun")

Being a teacher is fun. ("is" is the verb, "being" is the subject)

I enjoy being nice to people. ("enjoy" is the verb, "being" is the object described as nice)