Back to Freecodecamp

Task 45

curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-future-continuous-while-describing-actions/6759a98f5028cb5bdf0a6f4b.md

latest1.8 KB
Original Source
<!-- (audio) Alice: The tokens aren't being refreshed properly, are they? -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

The tokens aren't being refreshed properly, BLANK BLANK?

--blanks--

are

--feedback--

This word is part of the tag question and matches aren't from the main sentence.


they

--feedback--

This word refers to the subject tokens in the main sentence and ensures the tag question agrees with it.

--explanation--

Tag questions are negative if the main sentence is positive, and positive if the main sentence is negative.

The phrase are they? is a tag question added to the end of a negative sentence to confirm or check information. For example:

The updates aren't applied automatically, are they? - Here, are they? checks for confirmation that updates are not being applied automatically. The main sentence is negative, so the tag question is positive.

--scene--

json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-center.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Alice",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_6-2.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 13.36,
      "finishTimestamp": 15.7
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 3.14,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "The tokens aren't being refreshed properly, are they?",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 3.64
    }
  ]
}