---
id: 67850aaa7a0e065d089322fb
title: Task 99
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-99
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Lisa: If they closed, it would affect a lot of tech companies, wouldn't it? -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`If they BLANK, it BLANK a lot of tech companies, wouldn't it?`

## --blanks--

`closed`

### --feedback--

This is the past tense of `close` and is part of the `Second Conditional`. It refers to a hypothetical situation where the company shuts down.

---

`would affect`

### --feedback--

These two words are used in the `Second Conditional` to describe the impact or result of the hypothetical condition.

# --explanation--

The sentence uses the `Second Conditional`, which is structured as:

`If` + `Past Simple` or `Past Continuous` tense, `might / would / could` + base verb. In this example:

`If they closed` is the condition (imagining a shutdown).

`It would affect` is the result (what would happen as a consequence).

This type of conditional is used to talk about unreal or hypothetical situations.

# --scene--

```json
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        },
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      }
    ],
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      "filename": "B1_7-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 12.72,
      "finishTimestamp": 15.5
    }
  },
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      "startTime": 0
    },
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      "dialogue": {
        "text": "If they closed,",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
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      "dialogue": {
        "text": "it would affect a lot of tech companies, wouldn't it?",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
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    }
  ]
}
```
