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<!-- (Audio) Brian: That sounds serious. What did Jake say? -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

--questions--

--text--

What does Brian think about the attack and what does he want to know?

--answers--

He thinks it's serious and wants to know Jake's considerations.


He thinks Jake caused the attack and wants to report it.

--feedback--

There is no suggestion that Jake caused the attack.


He thinks it was not a real problem and wants to ignore it.

--feedback--

Brian is not ignoring it. He acknowledges it was concerning.


He thinks Sophie already solved the problem and wants to congratulate her.

--feedback--

There is no mention that the issue has been solved.

--video-solution--

1

--explanation--

Questions in the Simple Past tense use did + subject + base verb. For example:

What did Sophie say?Did shows it's in the past, and say is the base verb.

In contrast, the affirmative form uses the past form of the verb directly. For example:

Sophie said that the movie was great. – The past form of say is said.

--scene--

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