curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-use-reported-speech/682cbaccd15431e8ced3a6c2.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
Good to hear they BLANK it quickly.
contained
This means to stop something from spreading or getting worse. The verb is in its Simple Past form.
To contain means to control or stop something from growing, spreading, or becoming worse. For example:
Firefighters contained the fire before it reached the nearby houses. – This means they stopped the fire from spreading further.
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