curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-talk-about-past-experiences/67121be3d5093805dfdbaa71.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
I noticed that. But there was a time when we BLANK BLANK security implications during those updates, right?
weren't
This is the negative form of the auxiliary verb to be in the Past Continuous, used for plural subjects.
considering
This is the main verb in the Past Continuous. It has to do with thinking carefully about something.
The Past Continuous in its negative form is used to describe actions that were not happening at a specific time in the past. The structure is:
wasn't / weren't + verb ending in -ing. For example:
He wasn't listening during the meeting. - This sentence uses the singular form was
They weren't following the instructions carefully. - This sentence uses the plural form were.
In this context, weren't considering means that, at a certain point in the past, the team was not taking security implications into account while performing updates.
The verb consider means to think carefully about something before making a decision or taking action. For example:
We need to consider all options before finalizing the project plan. - Meaning it's necessary to think about the options.
In Jake's sentence, considering refers to the team evaluating or thinking about security implications.
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