curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-use-modal-verbs/67d7da18131b66732ba4488d.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
We BLANK to BLANK how this happened.
need
This verb expresses that something is necessary or required.
find out
This phrasal verb means to discover or learn something. Use two words.
Need is always followed by to + base verb when it is used with another action. This structure expresses necessity or requirement.
Jake says, We need to find out how this happened. In this sentence:
Need expresses that something is required.
To find out follows the correct pattern (need to + base verb) and means to discover or learn something.
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"setup": {
"background": "company2-center.png",
"characters": [
{
"character": "Jake",
"position": {
"x": 50,
"y": 0,
"z": 1.4
},
"opacity": 0
}
],
"audio": {
"filename": "B1_14-3.mp3",
"startTime": 1,
"startTimestamp": 2.98,
"finishTimestamp": 4.66
}
},
"commands": [
{
"character": "Jake",
"opacity": 1,
"startTime": 0
},
{
"character": "Jake",
"startTime": 1,
"finishTime": 2.68,
"dialogue": {
"text": "We need to find out how this happened.",
"align": "center"
}
},
{
"character": "Jake",
"opacity": 0,
"startTime": 3.18
}
]
}