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<!-- (Audio) Bob: If we don't back up regularly, we could lose important information, right? -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

If we BLANK back up regularly, we BLANK lose important information, right?

--blanks--

don't

--feedback--

This is the contraction for do not, used to make the sentence negative. It refers to something the team fails to do.


could

--feedback--

This modal verb indicates a possibility or potential outcome in the future.

--explanation--

In this sentence:

  • Don't is used to form the negative in the Present Simple, expressing something that is not done.

  • Could is a modal verb used to describe a possible outcome or result.

This sentence uses the First Conditional structure: if + Present Simple with could + base verb. It expresses a possible consequence of not backing up regularly.

--scene--

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