---
id: 67ca524d86f92134f5e221fe
title: Task 120
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-120
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Bob: So did they say how we could fix it? -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.  

# --questions--

## --text--

What does Bob want to know?

## --answers--

If the team agrees with the deadline.

### --feedback--

Bob is not asking about whether the team agrees with the deadline.

---

Whether Maria has already solved the issue.

### --feedback--

Bob is not asking if Maria has taken action yet.

---

Who is responsible for fixing the issue.

### --feedback--

Bob is not asking about who should do it.  

---

What solution was suggested to solve the problem.  

## --video-solution--

4  

# --explanation--

`How` is used to ask about the way or method to do something. When `how` follows another question phrase (like, in this case, `Did they say`), the rest of the sentence follows an affirmative structure (`we could fix it`) instead of the question word order. For example:

- `Did she explain how we can improve communication?` - This is correct; what comes after `how` follows an affirmative structure. It would be incorrect to use `Did she explain how can we improve communication?` here.

- `Can you show me how I should submit the report?` - What comes after `how` (`I should submit the report`) follows an affirmative structure (`I should` instead of `should I`).

# --scene--

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        },
        "opacity": 0
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    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_12-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 20.92,
      "finishTimestamp": 23.1
    }
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    },
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        "text": "So did they say how we could fix it?",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
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}
```
