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<!-- (audio) Linda: For the past couple of weeks. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

BLANK the past couple of weeks.

--blanks--

For

--feedback--

This preposition indicates the duration of time over which an action has been occurring. The first letter is capitalized.

--explanation--

In the Present Perfect Continuous tense, for is used to specify the duration of time that an action has been happening. For example:

  • I have been studying for my exams for three hours. - In this sentence, for indicates the length of time (three hours) that the action of studying has been taking place.

--scene--

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    "background": "company2-boardroom.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Linda",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_4-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 12.34,
      "finishTimestamp": 13.92
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 2.58,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "for the past couple weeks.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 3.08
    }
  ]
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