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<!-- (Audio) James: They've mentioned that some elements on our homepage aren't displaying correctly on mobile devices. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

BLANK BLANK that some elements on our homepage aren't displaying correctly on mobile devices.

--blanks--

They've

--feedback--

The contraction of They have. The first letter is capitalized.


mentioned

--feedback--

The past participle of mention.

--explanation--

In the Present Perfect tense, contractions often combine the subject and the auxiliary verb have or has. For example:

  • They have becomes They've.

  • He has becomes He's.

The verb mentioned is the past participle of mention, used here to indicate something that happened before now.

--scene--

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