💪 English Quest
Grammar Gym
Train your grammar — build the right form.
Verb Tenses
Covers: walk → walked, jumping
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: gg-tense title: Verb Tenses icon: ⏰ sub: walk → walked, jumping board: wordBuild bands: - 0 lesson: verb-tenses
Lesson: Verb Tenses — 2 steps
Verb Tenses
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Verbs can change to show time. Add -ed for the past, like walk becomes walked. Add -ing for right now, like jump becomes jumping.
In the open config
id: teach
label: Verb Tenses
beats:
- say: la-vt-1
caption: Verbs can change to show time. Add -ed for the past, like walk becomes walked. Add -ing for right now, like jump becomes jumping.
view:
kind: picture
key: gg-tense
emoji: ⏰
word: walkedPreview
picture viewYour turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it) just showed.
What Luna says
- Your turn! Tap the parts to build the word.
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: la-build-go
caption: Your turn! Tap the parts to build the word.
view:
kind: picture
key: gg-build-go
emoji: 💪
word: buildPreview
picture viewPlurals & Comparatives
Covers: cats, boxes, bigger
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: gg-plural title: Plurals & Comparatives icon: 📊 sub: cats, boxes, bigger board: wordBuild bands: - 1 lesson: plurals-comparatives
Lesson: Plurals & Comparatives — 2 steps
Plurals & Comparatives
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Add -s or -es to mean more than one, like one cat, two cats, and one box, two boxes. Add -er to compare two things, like big becomes bigger.
In the open config
id: teach
label: Plurals & Comparatives
beats:
- say: la-pc-1
caption: Add -s or -es to mean more than one, like one cat, two cats, and one box, two boxes. Add -er to compare two things, like big becomes bigger.
view:
kind: picture
key: gg-plural
emoji: 📊
word: biggerPreview
picture viewYour turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it) just showed.
What Luna says
- Your turn! Tap the parts to build the word.
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: la-build-go
caption: Your turn! Tap the parts to build the word.
view:
kind: picture
key: gg-build-go
emoji: 💪
word: buildPreview
picture viewPronouns & Agreement
Covers: she runs, give it to him
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: gg-pro title: Pronouns & Agreement icon: 🔁 sub: she runs, give it to him board: grammarDepth bands: - 0 lesson: pronouns-agreement
Lesson: Pronouns & Agreement — 2 steps
Pronouns & Agreement
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Use he, she, and they instead of a name. And for he, she, or it, the verb adds an -s, like she runs and he jumps.
In the open config
id: teach
label: Pronouns & Agreement
beats:
- say: la-pa-1
caption: Use he, she, and they instead of a name. And for he, she, or it, the verb adds an -s, like she runs and he jumps.
view:
kind: picture
key: gg-pro
emoji: 🔁
word: runsPreview
picture viewYour turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it) just showed.
What Luna says
- Your turn! Pick the one that is correct.
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: la-pick-go
caption: Your turn! Pick the one that is correct.
view:
kind: picture
key: gg-pick-go
emoji: 💪
word: pickPreview
picture viewSentence Types
Covers: ask, tell, command, shout
How this station is declared (YAML)
id: gg-sent title: Sentence Types icon: ❓ sub: ask, tell, command, shout board: grammarDepth bands: - 1 lesson: sentence-types
Lesson: Sentence Types — 2 steps
Sentence Types
Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.
What Luna says
- Sentences have jobs. A telling sentence ends with a period. A question ends with a question mark. An excited sentence ends with an exclamation mark.
In the open config
id: teach
label: Sentence Types
beats:
- say: la-st-1
caption: Sentences have jobs. A telling sentence ends with a period. A question ends with a question mark. An excited sentence ends with an exclamation mark.
view:
kind: picture
key: gg-sent
emoji: ❓
word: questionPreview
picture viewYour turn
Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the picture visual — a picture above its word — the core vocabulary visual (see it, read it) just showed.
What Luna says
- Your turn! Pick the one that is correct.
In the open config
id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
- say: la-pick-go
caption: Your turn! Pick the one that is correct.
view:
kind: picture
key: gg-pick-go
emoji: 💪
word: pickPreview
picture view