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<!-- (audio) James: Before this, I hadn't focused much on the user experience aspect of development. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

Before this, I BLANK BLANK much on the user experience aspect of development.

--blanks--

hadn't

--feedback--

This is a contraction that indicates something did not happen before a certain point in time.


focused

--feedback--

Past Participle of a verb that means to pay attention.

--explanation--

Hadn't is the contraction for had not, indicating something that didn't happen in the past relative to another event.

Focused means to pay close attention to something or make it a priority. For example:

I hadn't focused on design principles before starting this project. - This means that studying design principles was not a focus until the project began.

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