{"id":"lang-spanish-preterite-imperfect-hints","audience":"high-school","category":"language-learning","technique":"constraints","track":"study","title":"Get hints on preterite vs. imperfect without the answers","free":false,"task":"Your Spanish 3 homework asks you to choose preterite or imperfect in 4 sentences. It's graded, so you want hints, not answers. Get exactly 4 numbered hints, one per sentence, each an English question under 15 words that points to a clue word in that sentence. Never say which tense to use or give the verb form. Under 80 words, plain text.","materialLabel":"Your homework (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SPANISH 3 - Sra. Ibáñez - Tarea: Pretérito o imperfecto\n\nChoose the correct form of the verb in parentheses:\n1. Cuando era niña, mi familia siempre ___ (ir) a la playa en julio.\n2. Ayer Marta ___ (comprar) un vestido nuevo.\n3. Eran las diez de la noche y ___ (llover) mucho.\n4. De repente, el teléfono ___ (sonar).\n\nClass notes:\n- preterite = completed action, specific moment (ayer, de repente, una vez)\n- imperfect = habits, background, time/weather, ongoing (siempre, cuando era niño, todos los días)\n\nDue Thursday. Sra. Ibáñez checks for copying from translators/AI.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Getting the answers","why":"Ask for 'help' and the AI fills in every blank, which is copying and teaches you nothing.","fix":"Add: \"Don't tell me the tense or the verb form. Just hints.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Vague hints","why":"The AI's hints repeat the rule ('think about completed actions') without pointing at your sentence.","fix":"Add: \"Each hint points to the clue word in that sentence.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No shape","why":"The AI explains both tenses at length before reaching your sentences.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered hints, each an English question to me, under 15 words.\"","checks":["numberedItems","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each hint: \"each under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your homework sheet.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says no answers","patterns":["(don't|do not|no|never|without).{0,25}(answer|tense|form|tell me)","hints? only","just hints"]},{"label":"Points to clue words","patterns":["clue","signal word","key word"]},{"label":"Says how many hints","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}(hint)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Asks for questions","patterns":["question","ask me"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Honest AI help points at the clue and lets you choose. Say no answers, ask for one hint per sentence, and tell it what a good hint points to.","rubricLabels":["Never names the tense to use for any sentence (no 'use the imperfect', 'this is preterite') and never gives a conjugated answer like iba, compró, llovía or sonó","Each hint points to a clue word or phrase in its sentence (siempre or cuando era niña, ayer, eran las diez, de repente)","There is one hint per sentence, in order, and each hint is an English question to the student ending with '?'"]}