curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-talk-about-numbers-with-a-coworker/6846e3c21db8e02016efd818.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
BLANK do you think we can complete the BLANK?
By when
These two words together asks for the specific deadline something should happen. The first letter is capitalized.
third phase
The first word is an ordinal number, and the second one refers to a stage in the project.
By when... is commonly used to ask when something will be finished. This is a polite way to ask for a time estimate or deadline. For example:
By when do you need the report? — What is the latest time you want the report?
Third is an ordinal number, which shows the position in a sequence. Phase means a stage of a project, so third phase refers to the third big part of their project plan.
{
"setup": {
"background": "interview-room2.png",
"characters": [
{
"character": "Jessica",
"position": {
"x": 50,
"y": 15,
"z": 1.2
},
"opacity": 0
}
],
"audio": {
"filename": "B1_23-1.mp3",
"startTime": 1,
"startTimestamp": 33.48,
"finishTimestamp": 35.98
}
},
"commands": [
{
"character": "Jessica",
"opacity": 1,
"startTime": 0
},
{
"character": "Jessica",
"startTime": 1,
"finishTime": 3.5,
"dialogue": {
"text": "By when do you think we can complete the third phase?",
"align": "center"
}
},
{
"character": "Jessica",
"opacity": 0,
"startTime": 4
}
]
}