---
id: 66df6e9b17769d7925edd37a
title: Task 81
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-81
lang: en-US
---
<!--
AUDIO REFERENCE:
Linda: We've already started working on the fixes.
-->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`We've BLANK BLANK working on the fixes.`

## --blanks--

`already`

### --feedback--

Something has happened sooner than expected or before now.

---

`started`

### --feedback--

Past participle form of `start`.

# --explanation--

`Already` is used in the `Present Perfect` tense to indicate that something has happened sooner than expected or before now. For example: 

`They have already left the meeting.` - This shows the action happened before now.

`Started` is the past participle form of `start`, which means to begin an action.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-center.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Linda",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_3-2.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 46.48,
      "finishTimestamp": 48.14
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 2.66,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "We've already started working on the fixes.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 3.16
    }
  ]
}
```
