--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

Yes, I BLANK the credentials and the connection BLANK finally successful. The app BLANK working again.

--blanks--

updated

--feedback--

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

was

--feedback--

This is the Simple Past form of the verb to be, used here to describe the state of the connection.

started

--feedback--

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

--explanation--

Affirmative sentences in the Simple Past follow specific rules:

For the verb to be, the forms are was (singular) and were (plural). These forms are used without auxiliary verbs. For example:

• The project was successful. - This means the project brought good results.

• They were happy with the results. - this represents how they felt about the results of the project.

Regular verbs in the Simple Past are formed by adding -ed to the base verb. For example:

• I worked on the project yesterday. - You add -ed to the base form of the verb work to say that the action happened in a moment in the past.

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