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<!-- AUDIO REFERENCE: Bob: I was worried about that. What do we have to deal with now? -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

I BLANK BLANK about that. What do we have to deal with now?

--blanks--

was

--feedback--

The past form of the verb to be used with I to indicate a Past Continuous action.


worried

--feedback--

This word describes a feeling of concern or anxiety about something that happened in the past.

--explanation--

You can use the Past Continuous tense to express that something existed in the past. For example:

  • She was thinking about the project all day yesterday. - This shows that the thinking happened over some time in the past.

  • They were feeling nervous before the meeting. - This indicates the feeling happened before now and was ongoing at that time.

In the sentence, I was worried about that, Bob is explaining his concern about something that happened or was happening in the past.

--scene--

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