Well, let's start from the beginning: there are two voices for verbs in the English language (fyi, in Romanian you have three voices!), active and passive. Most of the time we use the active voice, such as in:
Dan
is eating an ice cream. - the verb is "to eat" in the Present Continuous form.
She
baked a cake for her friends. - the verb is "to bake" in the Past tense.
She
will score a 51 on the verbal section. - the verb is "to score" in the Future form.
As you can see, all these sentences are about somebody doing something, no mater their tense. With the passive voice, things get a bit mixed up, i.e. the direct object (in green) becomes the subject and the subject becomes the object:
An ice cream is being eaten by Dan. (wacky phrasing, I know)
A cake was baked by her for her friends.
These here are not perfect examples of passive voice. Actually, in a real GMAT question, you'd probably jump to "fix" them as soon as possible. We prefer the active voice over the passive voice in English (and in other languages too), since it's shorter and less convoluted. But there are instances when the phrase "demands" the passive voice (usually when the author of an action is unknown/unspecified).
Ann
was raised by her grandmother because her mom, Marie Curie, was too busy.
He
was killed in the car crash.
(for some reason, no examples using the Present and Future tenses pop into my head right now; probably cause I spent the night watching True Blood)
Now, I have this suspicion that all this nonsense I've been going on about is only tangentially related to your initial question, but since I wrote it down anyways, I'll just leave it there. In my experience, you'll see "BEING" in the passive voice in sentences such as:
Being born and raised in New Orleans, she was heartbroken when she heard about the tornado.
As you can see, the phrase "Being born and raised in New Orleans" is an attribute for "her". In this case, you really have verbs in the passive voice "being born" and "being raised". This might not be the case with other constructions involving "being":
Being a total jack at work won't help you make friends!
In this case, "being" is just the -ing form of the verb "to be".
I hope this makes sense to you.... Maybe I'll edit this after I get some sleep
If there are things that seem stupid, please let me know.
