--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

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--sentence--

First, I BLANK the recent changes we BLANK to the code.

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checked

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This is the Simple Past form of the regular verb check, formed by adding -ed to the base verb.

made

--feedback--

This is the Simple Past form of the irregular verb make, which does not follow the regular -ed pattern.

--explanation--

You use the Simple Past tense in affirmative sentences when you want to talk about completed actions at a moment in the past.

In the Simple Past, regular verbs like check are formed by adding -ed to the base verb. Irregular verbs, such as make, have unique forms that do not follow this rule. In James's sentence:

Checked is the past form of the regular verb check, indicating an action that was completed in the past. For example:

He checked his email before the meeting. - He looked at the e-mails at a moment in the past prior to the meeting.

Made is the past form of the irregular verb make, indicating something that was created or done in the past. For example:

She made a list of items to buy. - She created a list of what she wanted to buy before going to the store.

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