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--instructions--

This task doesn't have audio. Read the question below and select the correct answer.

--questions--

--text--

Which sentence uses the word in the same way as in this sentence: The server room is located in the building's basement?

--answers--

The developer worked in the morning to fix the bug.

--feedback--

This use of in refers to time, not location like in the example sentence.


She found an error in the code after testing.

--feedback--

Here, in shows position inside something abstract (code), but it is not about physical location like in the example.


The printer is in the office next to the window.


He is interested in learning new programming languages.

--feedback--

This shows in related to interest, not physical location.

--video-solution--

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--explanation--

In the example sentence, in shows physical location — something inside a place.

The correct answer also uses in to show physical location: the printer is inside the office.

Other sentences use in for time, abstract location, or interest, which are different uses.