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Tap it, then choose the correction.",5,"find_and_fix",[12,37,60,83,109,130,154,179,201,226,256,284],{"id":13,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":15,"explanation":16,"exampleSentence":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a01413-9ff9-7e0f-b425-718b4e09be4a","At 8:15 last night, Nora was loads boxes into a van.",0,"At an exact past time, use 'was' plus an -ing form for the action in progress: 'was loading'.","At 8:15 last night, Nora was loading boxes into a van.",[],{"words":20,"correct":32,"wrongIndex":33,"corrections":34},[21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31],"At","8:15","last","night,","Nora","was","loads","boxes","into","a","van.","loading",6,[32,35,36],"loaded","load",{"id":38,"sentenceTemplate":39,"displayOrder":40,"explanation":41,"exampleSentence":42,"blanks":43,"payload":44},"01a01413-9ff9-7ea3-b425-718b4e83f271","At midnight, the streetlights wasn't working, so the road was completely dark.",1,"Use 'weren't working' with the plural subject 'streetlights'. The dark road confirms the negative meaning.","At midnight, the streetlights weren't working, so the road was completely dark.",[],{"words":45,"correct":55,"wrongIndex":56,"corrections":57},[21,46,47,48,49,50,51,47,52,26,53,54],"midnight,","the","streetlights","wasn't","working,","so","road","completely","dark.","weren't",4,[55,58,59],"didn't","hadn't",{"id":61,"sentenceTemplate":62,"displayOrder":63,"explanation":64,"exampleSentence":65,"blanks":66,"payload":67},"01a01413-9ff9-7eff-b425-718b4ef96001","Was the actors rehearsing at six yesterday? Yes, they were.",2,"A past continuous question with a plural subject begins with 'Were'. The short answer repeats 'were'.","Were the actors rehearsing at six yesterday? 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'Writing' drops silent e, and 'lying' changes ie to y.","While I was writing, Leo was lying on the sofa, and the dog was running around the room.",[],{"words":91,"correct":104,"wrongIndex":105,"corrections":106},[92,93,26,94,95,26,96,97,47,98,99,47,100,26,101,102,47,103],"While","I","writing,","Leo","lying","on","sofa,","and","dog","runing","around","room.","running",14,[104,107,108],"ran","runs",{"id":110,"sentenceTemplate":111,"displayOrder":56,"explanation":112,"exampleSentence":113,"blanks":114,"payload":115},"01a01413-9ffa-7002-94f0-e69bde41881e","At that moment yesterday, I know the answer, but I stayed quiet.","'Know' describes a state here, so use the past simple 'knew', not a continuous form.","At that moment yesterday, I knew the answer, but I stayed quiet.",[],{"words":116,"correct":125,"wrongIndex":9,"corrections":126},[21,117,118,119,93,120,47,121,122,93,123,124],"that","moment","yesterday,","know","answer,","but","stayed","quiet.","knew",[125,127,128,129],"was knowing","knowing","knows",{"id":131,"sentenceTemplate":132,"displayOrder":9,"explanation":133,"exampleSentence":134,"blanks":135,"payload":136},"01a01413-9ffa-7062-94f0-e69bdeb27382","A camera flashed once in the gallery while the guide was explained the painting.","Use 'was explaining' for the longer background action. 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