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<!-- (audio) Linda: and the changes we've made in just this last year have had a great impact. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

And the changes BLANK BLANK in just this last year BLANK BLANK a great impact.

--blanks--

we've

--feedback--

This is a contraction of we have.


made

--feedback--

This is the past participle form of an irregular verb meaning to create or produce something.


have

--feedback--

Present Perfect auxiliary verb used to show an action affecting the present.


had

--feedback--

Past Participle of an irregular verb that means to experience or cause an effect.

--explanation--

We've is a contraction of we have.

Made is the past participle of the irregular verb make. Have made describes something created or completed in the past with effects on the present.

In this sentence, have had is in the present perfect tense. This structure have + had shows that something started in the past and still affects the present.

  • Have is an auxiliary verb used in the present perfect tense.

  • Had is the past participle of have, meaning to experience or possess.

Together, have had means that the changes began earlier and continue to make an impact now.

In summary, these irregular verbs (make as made and have as had) form the present perfect tense, indicating actions that started in the past and are still relevant now.

--scene--

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      "filename": "B1_3-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 11.28,
      "finishTimestamp": 15
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