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."
}
]
}