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id: 65f4271a0a61e57af14a9b35
title: Task 4
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-4
lang: en-US
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# --description--

This task focuses on reviewing the use of `can` for expressing capability and the use of the verb `try` in the past continuous tense.

`Can` is used to talk about someone's ability to do something, like `I can solve this problem.`

`Try` in the past continuous (`was`/`were` + verb in the `-ing` form) indicates an ongoing action in the past, like `I was trying to fix the issue.`

# --questions--

## --text--

What does Sarah mean when she says, `I can explain what I was trying to achieve there`?

## --answers--

She has the ability to clarify her past actions.

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She needs help to understand the code herself.

### --feedback--

Sarah is offering help, not asking for it.

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She will try to achieve something in the future.

### --feedback--

Sarah talks about past efforts, not future plans.

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She wants Brian to explain the code to her.

### --feedback--

Sarah is offering to explain, not asking Brian to do so.

## --video-solution--

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