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<!-- AUDIO REFERENCE: Linda: We've made progress, but some icons and buttons aren't responding correctly. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

BLANK BLANK progress, but some icons and buttons BLANK BLANK correctly.

--blanks--

We've

--feedback--

The contraction for We have used in the Present Perfect. The first letter is capitalized.


made

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The past participle form of the verb make that shows something has been achieved.


aren't

--feedback--

The contraction of are not.


responding

--feedback--

This verb ends in -ing.

--explanation--

This sentence uses a mix of Present Perfect and Present Continuous tenses to describe progress and ongoing issues:

  • We've is a contraction for We have, used in the Present Perfect tense to show that progress has happened.

  • Made is the past participle of make, used here to talk about progress that has been achieved.

  • Aren't is a contraction for are not, which is part of the present continuous tense.

  • Responding is showing that the action (icons and buttons not working correctly) is happening now.

--scene--

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    "background": "company2-center.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Linda",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_3-2.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 26.9,
      "finishTimestamp": 30.2
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 4.3,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "We've made progress, but some icons and buttons aren't responding correctly.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 4.8
    }
  ]
}