curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-about-speculation-and-requests/67eff894d57d1326be66158c.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What is Jessica guessing about a security breach?
She is sure it was a phishing attack.
Jessica is not certain.
She thinks it could have been a phishing attack.
She believes a phishing attack is impossible.
Jessica does not rule out the possibility; she is asking about it.
She knows exactly how the breach happened.
Jessica is unsure.
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Could it have been...? is a way of asking if something might have happened.
Could expresses possibility.
Have been is used to talk about something that possibly happened in the past.
Jessica is guessing or suggesting a possibility. Another example:
Could it have been the update that broke the app? - Someone is asking if the update caused the app to stop working.
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