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<!-- (Audio) Brian: That's true, but outsourcing might be more cost-effective. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

BLANK, but outsourcing might be more BLANK.

--blanks--

That's true

--feedback--

This two-word phrase is used to agree with someone's statement. The first word is the contraction for that is and its first letter is capitalized.


cost-effective

--feedback--

This means providing good results for the money spent. This is a compound word. Remember to use -.

--explanation--

That's true is a phrase used to agree with someone's statement or acknowledge that what they said is correct. For example:

That's true, we do need more time to finish the project. – This means agreeing that more time is necessary.

Cost-effective means something provides good value for the money spent or helps save costs while still achieving good results. For example:

Using cloud services can be more cost-effective than buying expensive servers. – This means cloud services can save money while still being useful.

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