{"id":"study2-german-clock-time-qa-lines","audience":"high-school","category":"language-learning","technique":"examples","track":"study","level":"beginner","title":"Practice telling German clock times with Q and A lines","free":false,"task":"Get exactly 4 lines in the form 'Q: [time] A: [German phrase]' for the practice times 2:30, 4:15, 4:45 and 6:10, in that order, with answers written the way your teacher teaches. Plain text, under 70 words. Don't add anything else.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"GERMAN 1 - Frau Becker - Uhrzeit (telling time)\n\nWie spät ist es? = What time is it?  Answer pattern: Es ist ...\n\nFull hour: Es ist drei Uhr. (3:00)\nnach = after: zehn nach drei (3:10), Viertel nach drei (3:15)\nvor = before: zehn vor vier (3:50), Viertel vor vier (3:45)\nhalb = half BEFORE the next hour: halb vier = 3:30\n\n   I wrote \"halb vier = 4:30.\"\n   ** Frau Becker: \"No! halb vier is 3:30. Halb means half way TO the hour.\" **\n\nNumbers: eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht\n\nPRACTICE TIMES: 2:30, 4:15, 4:45, 6:10\nQuiz next Wednesday.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using your wrong note","why":"Your note says halb vier is 4:30.","fix":"Add: \"halb means half way to the next hour, per Frau Becker.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding explanations","why":"The AI explains each answer and adds more times.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 4 lines. Nothing else.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong line shape","why":"Without the Q: and A: pattern you get a lesson.","fix":"Say: \"Each line: Q: [time] A: [German]\"","checks":["r0"]},{"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 part: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Lists the four times","patterns":["2:30.{0,30}4:15","4:45"]},{"label":"Gives the line shape","patterns":["q:.{0,30}a:"]},{"label":"Uses the class pattern","patterns":["es ist","becker","halb"]},{"label":"Says nothing else","patterns":["nothing else","no explanation"]},{"label":"Limits length","patterns":["under \\d+","\\d+\\s*words"]}],"hint":"Be exact about the times and the line shape, and point to your teacher's rule about halb.","mission":"Practice four German clock times with answers.","musts":["Four Q and A lines","Times in order","Halb is half-way"],"rubricLabels":["Has exactly 4 lines, each in the form Q: [time] A: [German phrase], for 2:30, 4:15, 4:45 and 6:10 in that order","The answers are halb drei (2:30), Viertel nach vier (4:15), Viertel vor fünf (4:45) and zehn nach sechs (6:10), each starting with Es ist","Contains nothing else: no explanations, no extra times and no English translations of the answers"]}