---
id: 680b8f7d6d2437bf53a4fdca
title: Task 107
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-107
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Maria: Right. We should improve our strategies in areas where they weren't very effective. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

# --questions--

## --text--

What is Maria's proposed solution?

## --answers--

To stop creating strategies altogether.

### --feedback--

Maria does not want to stop using these strategies.

---

To improve the strategies that didn't work well.

---

To use the same strategies in every area.

### --feedback--

She is not suggesting that they repeat what didn't work.

---

To remove the areas with weak results from the campaign.

### --feedback--

Maria doesn't suggest removing anything.

## --video-solution--

2

# --explanation--

`Not very` + adjective is often used to soften a negative description. Instead of directly saying something was `bad` or `ineffective`, speakers might say `not very effective` to sound more polite or less harsh. For example:

- `The meeting was not very helpful.` – This is a softer way of saying the meeting did not help the team at all.

- `His presentation wasn't very clear.` – This is more gentle than saying it was confusing or bad.

# --scene--

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```
