The Unusual “Ough” Case

{
  "finish": "Case closed! You investigated twenty-five unusual ough and augh spellings.",
  "steps": [
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Though it was late, we finished the puzzle.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "___ it was late, we finished the puzzle.",
      "choices": [
        "though",
        "tho",
        "thow"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! though is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Though ends ough with an /oh/ sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Although it rained, the match continued.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "___ it rained, the match continued.",
      "choices": [
        "altho",
        "although",
        "althow"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! although is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Although contains ough."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The baker shaped the bread dough.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The baker shaped the bread ___.",
      "choices": [
        "doe",
        "dow",
        "dough"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! dough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Dough ends ough with an /oh/ sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Sunlight came through the window.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "Sunlight came ___ the window.",
      "choices": [
        "through",
        "threw",
        "throu"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! through is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Through ends ough with an /oo/ sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The audience listened throughout the speech.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The audience listened ___ the speech.",
      "choices": [
        "threwout",
        "throughout",
        "througout"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! throughout is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Throughout begins through."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Karin thought carefully before answering.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "Karin ___ carefully before answering.",
      "choices": [
        "thort",
        "thaught",
        "thought"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! thought is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Thought has ough with an /or/ sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Musa bought a new exercise book.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "Musa ___ a new exercise book.",
      "choices": [
        "bought",
        "bort",
        "baught"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! bought is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Bought uses ough."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Leila brought her project to school.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "Leila ___ her project to school.",
      "choices": [
        "brort",
        "brought",
        "braught"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! brought is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Brought uses ough."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The two teams fought hard for the ball.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The two teams ___ hard for the ball.",
      "choices": [
        "fort",
        "faught",
        "fought"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! fought is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Fought uses ough."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The explorers sought shelter from the storm.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The explorers ___ shelter from the storm.",
      "choices": [
        "sought",
        "sort",
        "saught"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! sought is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Sought uses ough."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The path was rough and rocky.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The path was ___ and rocky.",
      "choices": [
        "ruff",
        "rough",
        "rouf"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! rough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Rough ends ough with an /uff/ sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The final question was tough.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The final question was ___.",
      "choices": [
        "tuff",
        "touf",
        "tough"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! tough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Tough ends ough with an /uff/ sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "There was enough water for everyone.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "There was ___ water for everyone.",
      "choices": [
        "enough",
        "enuff",
        "enouf"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! enough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Enough ends ough."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The dusty room made him cough.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The dusty room made him ___.",
      "choices": [
        "coff",
        "cough",
        "couf"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! cough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Cough ends ough with an /off/ sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The animals drank from the trough.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The animals drank from the ___.",
      "choices": [
        "troff",
        "trouf",
        "trough"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! trough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Trough rhymes with cough."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The farmer used a plough to turn the soil.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The farmer used a ___ to turn the soil.",
      "choices": [
        "plough",
        "plow",
        "plou"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! plough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "British plough ends ough with an /ow/ sound."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The drought left the fields very dry.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The ___ left the fields very dry.",
      "choices": [
        "drout",
        "drought",
        "draught"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! drought is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Drought contains ough and ends t."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The city is divided into more than one borough.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The city is divided into more than one ___.",
      "choices": [
        "burrow",
        "borogh",
        "borough"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! borough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Borough has an unstressed final ough."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The old spelling hiccough appears in some texts.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The old spelling ___ appears in some texts.",
      "choices": [
        "hiccough",
        "hiccup",
        "hicough"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! hiccough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Hiccough is an unusual traditional spelling."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The detective made a thorough search.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The detective made a ___ search.",
      "choices": [
        "thorogh",
        "thorough",
        "thurrow"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! thorough is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Thorough contains ough."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The goalkeeper caught the ball.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The goalkeeper ___ the ball.",
      "choices": [
        "cort",
        "cought",
        "caught"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! caught is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Caught uses augh."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Teacher Nancy taught us a new song.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "Teacher Nancy ___ us a new song.",
      "choices": [
        "taught",
        "tort",
        "tought"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! taught is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Taught uses augh."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "Their daughter joined the school choir.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "Their ___ joined the school choir.",
      "choices": [
        "dorter",
        "daughter",
        "doughter"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "good": "Correct! daughter is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Daughter begins daugh."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The naughty puppy stole a sock.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The ___ puppy stole a sock.",
      "choices": [
        "norty",
        "noughty",
        "naughty"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "good": "Correct! naughty is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Naughty begins naugh."
    },
    {
      "word": "🔒 Hidden word",
      "say": "The joke filled the room with laughter.",
      "question": "Which spelling correctly completes the sentence?",
      "card": "The joke filled the room with ___.",
      "choices": [
        "laughter",
        "larfter",
        "loughter"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "good": "Correct! laughter is the spelling that fits.",
      "help": "Laughter begins laugh."
    }
  ]
}