---
id: 69b0509c2d8eceae57b9bea9
title: Task 11
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-11
lang: es
---

<!-- (Audio) Elena: La empresa tiene setenta y tres empleados. -->

# --description--

In this task, you will learn how to recognize third person singular structures.

When the subject is a singular noun like a company, you should use the **third person singular** verb form. For example:

- `La empresa tiene...` - The company has...
- `El equipo trabaja...` - The team works...
- `La compañía está...` - The company is...

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`BLANK empresa tiene setenta y tres empleados.`

## --blanks--

`La`

### --feedback--

This feminine singular article matches the noun `empresa`.

# --explanation--

`La empresa tiene setenta y tres empleados` means "The company has seventy-three employees".

The article `la` matches the feminine gender of the noun `empresa`.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-dining.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Elena",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 25,
          "z": 1.5
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "ES_A1_elena_talks_about_her_company.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 17.31,
      "finishTimestamp": 20.85
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Elena",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Elena",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 4.54,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "La empresa tiene setenta y tres empleados.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Elena",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 5.04
    }
  ]
}
```

