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<!-- (Audio) Lisa: If they closed, it would affect a lot of tech companies, wouldn't it? -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

If they BLANK, it BLANK a lot of tech companies, wouldn't it?

--blanks--

closed

--feedback--

This is the past tense of close and is part of the Second Conditional. It refers to a hypothetical situation where the company shuts down.


would affect

--feedback--

These two words are used in the Second Conditional to describe the impact or result of the hypothetical condition.

--explanation--

The sentence uses the Second Conditional, which is structured as:

If + Past Simple or Past Continuous tense, might / would / could + base verb. In this example:

If they closed is the condition (imagining a shutdown).

It would affect is the result (what would happen as a consequence).

This type of conditional is used to talk about unreal or hypothetical situations.

--scene--

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