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<!-- (Audio) Bob: Absolutely. I've been passionate about photography for many years. -->

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In Bob's sentence, you see a new structure: I've been passionate about photography.

Normally, you say: I am passionate about photography. But Bob adds time: for many years. That's why he uses I've been instead of just I am.

This structure uses the verb to be in the participle form: been. You can use this when you want to talk about something that started in the past and is still true now.

I've been is a short form of I have been. Here's another example:

I've been interested in coding since high school. - This means you started coding in high school, and you're still interested now.

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--sentence--

Absolutely. BLANK BLANK passionate about photography for many years.

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I've

--feedback--

This is the contraction for I have.


been

--feedback--

Use the verb to be in the participle form.

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