{"id":"lang-spanish-ser-estar-practice-key","audience":"college","category":"language-learning","technique":"grounding","track":"study","title":"Get a ser vs. estar explainer with practice and a key","free":false,"task":"Your Spanish 102 quiz is on ser vs. estar. Get a line starting \"Rule:\" under 40 words, then exactly 3 numbered fill-in-the-blank sentences in Spanish with \"(ser/estar)\" after each blank, then a line \"Answers\" and the key. Under 110 words, plain text. Your professor corrected one rule in your notes: where an event takes place uses ser, not estar, and one of the 3 sentences must test that.","materialLabel":"Your class notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SPANISH 102 - Prof. Navarro - Ser vs. Estar (quiz Monday)\n\nMy notes from the textbook:\nSER: identity, origin, profession, time and dates, characteristics\nESTAR: location, feelings, temporary conditions, -ando/-iendo (progressive)\nLocation of everything = estar ✓ (I wrote this from the slide)\n\nQuiz format: 10 fill-in-the-blank sentences, present tense, choose and conjugate ser or estar.\n\nCommon mistakes on last quiz:\n- \"Yo soy cansado\" (should be \"estoy cansado\")\n- \"Mi madre está profesora\" (should be \"es profesora\")\n\nMy problem: I memorize the lists but freeze on sentences about places.\n\nPresent tense forms:\nser: soy, eres, es, somos, son\nestar: estoy, estás, está, estamos, están","rules":[{"type":"questionCount","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":110},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the correction","why":"Your notes and many textbooks say location always uses estar, so the AI repeats that rule.","fix":"Add: \"My professor said the location of an event uses ser.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not testing the tricky case","why":"The AI writes easy practice like 'Yo ___ cansado' and skips the case that's on your quiz.","fix":"Add: \"One sentence must test where an event takes place.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Answers mixed in","why":"The AI puts each answer next to its sentence, so you can't test yourself.","fix":"Add: \"All answers after sentence 3 under a line that says Answers.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Getting a lecture","why":"Ask to 'explain' and the AI writes long lists and tables, with no practice.","fix":"Ask for the shape: \"Rule: line, 3 practice sentences, then Answers.\"","checks":["questionCount","maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in a printed study sheet.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the correction","patterns":["event","fiesta","correct","professor"]},{"label":"Says how many sentences","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}(sentence|item|question)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Puts answers at the end","patterns":["answers?.{0,30}(end|bottom|after|separate)","answer key"]},{"label":"Shows the sentence shape","patterns":["\\(ser/estar\\)","blank"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"A short rule plus practice beats a lecture. Tell the AI the correction your professor made, ask for a sentence that tests it, and keep the answers at the end.","rubricLabels":["The Rule line says events (where something takes place) use ser, and doesn't say estar is used for the location of everything","One of the 3 sentences tests the location of an event (like 'La fiesta ___ (ser/estar) en mi casa'), and its answer is a form of ser","A line reading 'Answers' comes after sentence 3, followed by 3 correct present-tense forms"]}