--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

Hey Mark, have you noticed that some computers BLANK BLANK?

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aren't booting

--feedback--

These two words refer to the computers being in the process of not starting up. It is in the Present Continuous tense.

properly

--feedback--

This means functioning in the correct way. It's an adverb describing how the computers are not starting.

--explanation--

The Present Continuous tense often emphasizes a temporary condition or an issue occurring at the moment of speaking. For example:

• The server isn't running diagnostics. - Highlights that the diagnostics process isn't happening right now.

• Developers aren't debugging the application. - Shows the developers aren't working on that activity at the moment.

Properly means doing something in the correct or expected way.

In this sentence, aren't booting properly refers to the computers currently not starting up correctly.

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