---
id: 673de859a60bb4b728b727b4
title: Task 83
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-83
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (audio) Linda: Not entirely. It's had issues connecting with our older devices, but we're working on it. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`Not entirely. BLANK had BLANK BLANK with our older devices, but we're working on it.`

## --blanks--

`It's`

### --feedback--

This is a contraction for `it has`. The first word is capitalized.

---

`issues`

### --feedback--

This word in the plural form means problems or difficulties.

---

`connecting`

### --feedback--

This is the `-ing` form of a verb, which means to join or link things together.

# --explanation--

`It's` is a contraction of `it has` in this context, used to indicate that something has occurred or been experienced. 

`Issues` refers to problems or challenges. In the sentence, it highlights the difficulties the system is experiencing.

The word `connecting` is the `-ing` form of the verb `connect`. It is used to describe the action of establishing a link or joining something together. For example:

`The engineer is connecting the wires to complete the circuit.` - It describes the ongoing action of joining the wires.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-boardroom.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Linda",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_4-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 31.5,
      "finishTimestamp": 35.94
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 1.82,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Not entirely",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "startTime": 1.82,
      "finishTime": 5.44,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "It's had issues connecting with our older devices, but we're working on it.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Linda",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 5.94
    }
  ]
}
```
