There has been ...

There has been ... means “There has/have been: the present perfect of there is/are”. There has been / There have been is the present perfect of there is / there are. Formation: There + has / have + been + noun

There has/have been: the present perfect of there is/are

B2

Formation

There + has / have + been + noun

Explanation

There has been / There have been is the present perfect of there is / there are. Use it for something that started or happened before now and still matters: There has been an accident (traffic is still blocked). Choose has been with a singular noun and have been with a plural noun. For a finished past time with no link to now, use there was / there were instead.

Examples

There has been an accident on the highway.
There have been many changes this year.

Note

Agreement follows the noun: there has been + singular, there have been + plural. Compare the finished past: There was a storm last night.

FAQ

There has been ... — what does it mean and how is it used?

There has/have been: the present perfect of there is/are. There has been / There have been is the present perfect of there is / there are. Use it for something that started or happened before now and still matters: There has been an accident (traffic is still blocked). Choose has been with a singular noun and have been with a plural noun. For a finished past time with no link to now, use there was / there were instead.

There has been ... — how do you form it?

There + has / have + been + noun

There has been ... — any usage notes?

Agreement follows the noun: there has been + singular, there have been + plural. Compare the finished past: There was a storm last night.

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