You have guests at your house.
Your son won't talk to them at first and holds on to his mother. You want him
to be friendlier to everyone.
Are you being
shy?
A person who "is
shy" is afraid to talk to people who they don't already know well.
Here's an example:
Gene has always been a little shy.
"Shy" is a very
common word that you can use in both formal and casual situations.
When someone is acting in a
way that's different than how they usually act, you can say that they "are
being ___". For example, if one of your children is not cooperating with
you, you can say:
Why are you being so difficult?
Or say this about your friend
who's getting on your nerves today:
She's being annoying.
There are some adjectives that
you don't use with "being". For example, "angry" does not
need "being". You can just say:
She's angry.