---
id: 682737e4a381db0cad135e31
title: Task 9
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-9
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Sophie: He said that the team responded quickly once the breach was detected. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

# --questions--

## --text--

What is Sophie doing in this sentence?

## --answers--

She is explaining how the team fixed the system.

### --feedback--

She is not explaining the technical details of what the team did.

---

She is reporting what Jake told her about the situation.

---

She is giving her personal opinion about the team's reaction.

### --feedback--

She doesn't share her own opinion, only what Jake said.

---

She is asking Brian if the breach was serious.

### --feedback--

She is not asking a question here.

## --video-solution--

2

# --explanation--

This is an example of **reported speech**, which is when someone repeats what another person said, but not using their exact words. You usually shift the verb to the past. For example:  

- Jake (to Sophie): `The team responded quickly once the breach was detected.`

- Sophie (to Brian, mentioning what Jake said): `He said that the team responded quickly once the breach was detected.`

In the cases when you want to report exactly what the other person said, it is common to only add the speaker's name (or a pronoun) in the beginning, the verb `say` in the Simple Past (as you are reporting something that was talked about previously), and the word `that`, followed by the information. This is common in spoken and written English to share information from someone else.

# --scene--

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        },
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      }
    ],
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      "filename": "B1_21-1.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 11.26,
      "finishTimestamp": 14.5
    }
  },
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    },
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        "text": "He said that the team responded quickly",
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      }
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        "text": "once the breach was detected.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
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    }
  ]
}
```
