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Tap it, then choose the correction.",4,"find_and_fix",[12,38,59,84,107,130,148,168,184,204,226,246],{"id":13,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":15,"explanation":16,"exampleSentence":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a01413-a0f5-7f01-9a81-49eb1aba4c09","At noon, Elena were painting a poster when the workshop ended.",0,"Use “was painting” with the singular subject “Elena” for the action in progress at noon.","At noon, Elena was painting a poster when the workshop ended.",[],{"hint":20,"words":21,"correct":33,"wrongIndex":34,"corrections":35},"The painting was in progress at a past time.",[22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32],"At","noon,","Elena","were","painting","a","poster","when","the","workshop","ended.","was",3,[33,36,37],"is","are",{"id":39,"sentenceTemplate":40,"displayOrder":41,"explanation":42,"exampleSentence":43,"blanks":44,"payload":45},"01a01413-a0f5-7f59-9a81-49eb1b371c10","While Ravi was checking the map, his friends was waiting at the station.",1,"Use past continuous in both 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