curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-use-reported-speech/68385494b94e688a2acb03be.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
It seems like if we had monitored the system load more closely, we could have BLANK the BLANK.
prevented
This means to stop something from happening before it starts. It ends in -ed.
overload
This means having too much of something, causing a system or part to fail.
To prevent means to take action that stops something bad or unwanted from happening. For example:
We installed a firewall to prevent unauthorized access. – This means the firewall stops unwanted users from entering the system.
An overload is when a system or device is given more work, data, or power than it can handle, causing problems. For example:
The power outage was caused by an overload in the electrical grid. – This means too much electricity caused a failure.
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