Vault seed record

Look for keys preposition trap

I cannot find my keys. I am looking ___ them now.

Classification

reviewed-seedapprovedcore-grammar-controlpreposition-pattern-gapgap-fillA2Grammar

Provenance

Kind: human-authored

Source: production-seed-expansion

Batch: production-seed-batch-002

Reviewer: content-lead

Updated: 2026-05-20

Instruction and answer

Instruction

Choose the tiny word that changes the meaning.

Correct answer

for

Explanation

The first sentence removes the ambiguity: the keys are missing, so 'look for' means search. 'Look at my keys' would mean you can already see them.

Product use

Surfaces

funneltestdailyfriend-challenge

Source languages

globalrues

Difficulty

low

Conversion hook

A familiar phrase that still catches confident learners.

Review payload

Review notes

Disambiguated preposition seed after product review feedback.

Media prompt

No media prompt attached.

Assets

preposition-micro-sceneseveryday-object-scenes

Source traps

global-collocation-transfer

Tags

prepositionsverb-patternlook-for

Usage

Tests: prepositions, grammar-diagnostic, survival-english

Funnels: ru-translated-english, es-translated-english

Challenges: keys-preposition-trap

{
  "type": "single-choice",
  "correctOptionId": "for",
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "for",
      "label": "for",
      "rationale": "Look for means search."
    },
    {
      "id": "at",
      "label": "at",
      "rationale": "Look at means direct your eyes toward something you can already see."
    },
    {
      "id": "on",
      "label": "on",
      "rationale": "On does not complete this verb pattern."
    },
    {
      "id": "to",
      "label": "to",
      "rationale": "To does not fit the search meaning."
    }
  ]
}