---
id: 657d6008a37af78962d30873
title: Task 8
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-8
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Maria: How long have you been into photography? -->

# --description--

In the beginning of the dialogue, Maria says `Are you into photography?` to ask if Bob likes photography. Now that she knows he does, she asks `How long have you been into photography?` to know the amount of time that has passed since he started enjoying it. 

Since the question is about duration from the past up until the present, you use the `Present Perfect` tense. 

Remember that the form of the verb `to be` for the `present perfect` is `been`. For example, `I have been in a traffic jam for an hour`.

`How long...?` is used to ask questions related to duration. For example:

`How long have they been testing the new app?` - This question is about the duration of testing.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`BLANK have you BLANK into photography?`

## --blanks--

`How long`

### --feedback--

These two words are used to ask about duration of time. The first letter of the first word is capitalized.

---

`been`

### --feedback--

It's the verb `to be` in the `present perfect` tense.

# --scene--

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