Vault seed record

No article fixed phrase

Every morning, Alex goes ___ work at 8:30.

Classification

reviewed-seedapprovedcore-grammar-controlarticle-micro-context-gapchoice-distractorA2Grammar

Provenance

Kind: human-authored

Source: core-grammar-anchor-pack

Batch: core-grammar-001

Reviewer: content-lead

Updated: 2026-05-20

Instruction and answer

Instruction

Choose the natural phrase.

Correct answer

to

Explanation

English says 'go to work' when work means the activity or regular place, not one specific object called the work.

Product use

Surfaces

testdailyfriend-challenge

Source languages

globalrues

Difficulty

low

Conversion hook

Feels basic, but it exposes whether phrases are stored as chunks.

Review payload

Review notes

No-article fixed phrase represented as a choice-distractor runtime card.

Media prompt

No media prompt attached.

Assets

article-noun-contextspreposition-micro-scenes

Source traps

ru-article-omissionglobal-collocation-transfer

Tags

articlesfixed-phrasesprepositions

Usage

Tests: articles, prepositions, grammar-diagnostic

Funnels: none

Challenges: go-to-work-fixed-phrase

{
  "type": "single-choice",
  "correctOptionId": "to",
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "to",
      "label": "to",
      "rationale": "Go to work is the fixed everyday phrase."
    },
    {
      "id": "to-the",
      "label": "to the",
      "rationale": "Go to the work is not the normal phrase for someone's job."
    },
    {
      "id": "in",
      "label": "in",
      "rationale": "In does not express movement toward the workplace here."
    },
    {
      "id": "at",
      "label": "at",
      "rationale": "At work describes location, not going there."
    }
  ]
}