---
id: 682cbaccd15431e8ced3a6c2
title: Task 12
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-12
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Brian: Good to hear they contained it quickly. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`Good to hear they BLANK it quickly.`

## --blanks--

`contained`

### --feedback--

This means to stop something from spreading or getting worse. The verb is in its Simple Past form.

# --explanation--

`To contain` means to control or stop something from growing, spreading, or becoming worse. For example:

`Firefighters contained the fire before it reached the nearby houses.` – This means they stopped the fire from spreading further.

# --scene--

```json
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  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-center.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Brian",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 15,
          "z": 1.2
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_21-1.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 19.74,
      "finishTimestamp": 21.46
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Brian",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Brian",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 2.72,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Good to hear they contained it quickly.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Brian",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 3.22
    }
  ]
}
```
