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Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

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Yeah, it can. Speaking of which, another thing we can check is if the hard drive BLANK BLANK.

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is

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This is the verb to be, used here as part of the Present Continuous tense.

failing

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This verb means something is starting to stop working properly. It's in the Present Continuous tense and ends with -ing.

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Let's review the key vocabulary and grammar in this sentence:

Hard drive is the part of a computer where all files and programs are stored. For example:

The hard drive is almost full, so I need to delete some old files. – This means the hard drive doesn't have much space left.

Failing means something is starting to stop working. For example:

The hard drive is failing, so we need to back up the files. – This means the hard drive is breaking down and may stop working soon.

Is failingis the Present Continuous tense, used to describe something happening now or temporarily. For example:

The hard drive is failing – This means the hard drive currently has problems, and it is an ongoing issue.

In this sentence, is failing describes the hard drive's condition. It shows that the problem is happening now and might cause the computer to stop working soon.

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