{"id":"lang-portuguese-a2-reading-questions","audience":"college","category":"language-learning","technique":"constraints","track":"study","title":"Get a short Portuguese reading with questions at your level","free":false,"task":"You're in Portuguese 102 and want reading practice with this week's words. Get a short Portuguese text using all 6 vocabulary words, present tense only, then exactly 3 numbered comprehension questions in English, then a line \"Answers\" and the answers in English. Under 150 words in total, plain text, with no translation of the text.","materialLabel":"Your unit notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PORTUGUESE 102 - Prof. Costa - Week 9 (level A2, Brazilian Portuguese)\n\nThis week's vocabulary:\na feira (street market), barato (cheap), o troco (change, money back), a barraca (stall), escolher (to choose), pesar (to weigh)\n\nGrammar: present tense only. We start the past tense (pretérito perfeito) next week, so not yet.\n\nTopic: shopping at a Saturday street market in São Paulo\n\nProf. Costa's reminder: \"We use Brazilian Portuguese. 'Você', not 'tu'.\"\n\nMy problem: I can read slowly but I panic with long texts. 60 to 80 words is a good length for me.","rules":[{"type":"questionCount","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":150},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the word list","why":"The AI writes a natural market story that skips most of this week's words.","fix":"Add: \"Use all 6 words: feira, barato, troco, barraca, escolher, pesar.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not giving your level","why":"The AI mixes in past tenses you haven't learned and European forms like 'tu'.","fix":"Add: \"A2 Brazilian Portuguese, present tense only, você not tu.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Getting a translation","why":"The AI adds an English translation, so you read that instead of the Portuguese.","fix":"Add: \"No translation. Questions in English, answers under 'Answers'.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No length or count","why":"The AI writes a long text with many questions, which is exactly what makes you panic.","fix":"Be exact: \"Text of 60 to 80 words, then exactly 3 numbered questions.\"","checks":["questionCount","maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in a printed practice sheet.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the word list","patterns":["feira","vocab","\\b(6|six)\\b.{0,15}word"]},{"label":"Gives the level","patterns":["a2","present tense","level","você"]},{"label":"Says how many questions","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}(question)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Rules out a translation","patterns":["no translation","(don't|do not) translate","answers?.{0,20}(end|after|separate)"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Reading practice works at your level with your words. Give the AI the list, the tense, the length, and say no translation.","rubricLabels":["The Portuguese text uses all 6 vocabulary words (feira, barato, troco, barraca, escolher, pesar, in any form)","The text is in the present tense only (no past tense forms like 'comprei' or 'foi') and uses 'você' rather than 'tu' if it addresses anyone","After the 3 English questions, a line reading 'Answers' is followed by the answers in English, and there is no English translation of the text"]}