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<!-- AUDIO REFERENCE: Linda: We've already started working on the fixes. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

We've BLANK BLANK working on the fixes.

--blanks--

already

--feedback--

Something has happened sooner than expected or before now.

started

--feedback--

Past participle form of start.

--explanation--

Already is used in the Present Perfect tense to indicate that something has happened sooner than expected or before now. For example:

They have already left the meeting. - This shows the action happened before now.

Started is the past participle form of start, which means to begin an action.

--scene--

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    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Linda",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_3-2.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 46.48,
      "finishTimestamp": 48.14
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 2.66,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "We've already started working on the fixes.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 3.16
    }
  ]
}