curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-determiners-and-advanced-use-of-articles/68123f0c0456f12019f79f42.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
How are we going to assign BLANK tasks?
these
This determiner is used to point to specific tasks that are close in time or thought.
These is a demonstrative determiner used for plural nouns that are close to the speaker in time or situation. For example:
These files need to be reviewed today. - The files that are here (near the speaker) must be checked today.
I like these new features in the app. - You enjoy the new features that were just added.
In this dialogue, Alice is referring to the specific tasks they have been talking about.
{
"setup": {
"background": "company1-boardroom.png",
"characters": [
{
"character": "Alice",
"position": {
"x": 50,
"y": 0,
"z": 1.4
},
"opacity": 0
}
],
"audio": {
"filename": "B1_20-2.mp3",
"startTime": 1,
"startTimestamp": 12.3,
"finishTimestamp": 14.44
}
},
"commands": [
{
"character": "Alice",
"opacity": 1,
"startTime": 0
},
{
"character": "Alice",
"startTime": 1,
"finishTime": 3.14,
"dialogue": {
"text": "How are we going to assign these tasks?",
"align": "center"
}
},
{
"character": "Alice",
"opacity": 0,
"startTime": 3.64
}
]
}