---
id: 67f53908d3399826c7c2e780
title: Task 111
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-111
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (audio) Alice: Hey, Brian. I wanted to talk about the upcoming technical training session. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`Hey, Brian. I BLANK to talk about the upcoming technical training session.`

## --blanks--

`wanted`

### --feedback--

This is the past tense of `want`, indicating that Alice had a desire to talk about it earlier.

# --explanation--

`Want` expresses a desire to do something. In the past, you say `wanted` to show that the desire existed at an earlier time. It is followed by the infinitive of a verb (with `to`). For example:

- `She wants to install the new software.` - She wishes to set up or add the new software to the system.

- `They wanted to upgrade their system last week.` - In the past, they planned to upgrade.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-boardroom.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Alice",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_17-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 0,
      "finishTimestamp": 3.46
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 4.46,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Hey, Brian. I wanted to talk about the upcoming technical training session.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 4.96
    }
  ]
}
```
