---
id: 657b05367b59300bcb5f18ef
title: Task 1
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-1
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (audio) Sarah: Hi, Tom. Are you happy with the workplace so far? -->

# --description--

You can use the verb `to be` to ask questions about feelings, states, or conditions. When you want to ask such questions, you just swap the positions of the subject (like `you` or `he`) and the verb `to be` (like `are` or `is`).

For example, to turn this sentence `You are a developer.` into a question, you switch `you` and `are`: `Are you a developer?` Notice how the order changes to ask a question.

Here are some more examples of turning statements into questions using `to be`: 

| Affirmative | Interrogative |
| --- | --- |
| `He is here.` | `Is he here?` |
| `They are ready.` | `Are they ready?` |

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence-- 

`Hi, Tom. BLANK you happy with the workplace so far?`

## --blanks--

`Are`

### --feedback--

You use this form of `to be` when asking about more than one person or directly to someone as `you`. The first letter is capitalized.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company1-reception.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Sarah",
        "position": {"x":50,"y":0,"z":1.4},
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "1.3-1.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 0.00,
      "finishTimestamp": 2.78
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 3.78,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Hi, Tom. Are you happy with the workplace so far?",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Sarah",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 4.28
    }
  ]
}
```
