---
id: 657ee8a9a195b8d8756ca5e1
title: Task 55
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-55
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Sarah: I've been a collector since I was 8 or 9 years old. -->

# --description--

In the `Present Perfect` tense, time periods are often indicated using the prepositions `for` or `since`. `For` expresses the duration of an action or situation, while `since` indicates the starting point of the action or situation.

In this dialogue, Sarah mentions the time period to express when her passion for collecting started.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`I've been a collector BLANK I was 8 or 9 years old.`

## --blanks--

`since`

### --feedback--

The preposition expresses the starting point of an action or situation in this context.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-center.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Sarah",
        "position": {"x":50,"y":0,"z":1.4},
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "3.2-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 20.72,
      "finishTimestamp": 23.24
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 3.52,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "I've been a collector since I was 8 or 9 years old.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 4.02
    }
  ]
}
```
