Been" has two other uses in forming various tenses:
The passive voice - I am cheated / I have been cheated. (present perfect)
(active voice - Somebody cheated me.)
The perfect progressive tenses - I have been working all day. (present) I had been working until the rain started. (past) The verb here is "to work."
The verb "to be" in its own right uses "been" (past participle) in forming the perfect tenses:
The verb "to be" plus an adjective complement:
I am sick. I have been sick. (present)
I was sick. I had been sick. (past)
I have been happy twice this year.
I have been a Canadian for 30 years.
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