---
id: 67053619dd65bd1459449bf0
title: Task 11
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-11
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Lisa: What did you find there? James: Nothing at first. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

# --questions--

## --text--

What did James discover initially?

## --answers--

He discovered nothing.

---

He discovered something.

### --feedback--

The expression James says doesn't say that he found something.

---

He found everything immediately.

### --feedback--

What James says contradicts the idea that he found everything.

---

He didn't look for anything.

### --feedback--

He was actually searching for something.

## --video-solution--

1

# --explanation--

James uses the word `nothing`, which indicates the absence of any discovery. For example:

- `She found nothing unusual in the report.` -The report had the usual characteristics.

- `We saw nothing strange during the test.` - It was a pretty common test.

In contrast, in negative sentences, you'll use `anything` instead of `nothing`. For example:  

- Affirmative: `He found nothing.` - There were no discoveries.

- Negative: `He didn't find anything.` - There were no discoveries.  

Notice that, in negative sentences and in questions with `did`, the main verb (in this case, `find`) is in its base form. The auxiliary verb `did` is what shows that this sentence is in the past tense. For example:

- `They didn't find anything wrong with the program.` - Not finding anything was in the past.

- `I didn't see anything unusual during the presentation.` - Nothing unusual was seen in the presentation that happened in the past.

This structure helps avoid double negatives. James's answer, `Nothing at first`, reflects an affirmative sentence emphasizing that he couldn't find anything when he began his search.

# --scene--

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