{
  "noteId": "spanish-suffixes",
  "target_count": 30,
  "seed_count": 0,
  "generated_count": 30,
  "exercises": [
    {"sentence": "Mi abuela me llama 'mi _____' (little dog).", "correct": "perrito", "distractor": "perrazo", "explanation": "-ito is the diminutive; -azo is augmentative."},
    {"sentence": "Vivimos en una _____ cerca del río.", "correct": "casita", "distractor": "casona", "explanation": "-ita means small/cute; -ona means big."},
    {"sentence": "Esta sopa está _____ (extremely delicious).", "correct": "riquísima", "distractor": "riquita", "explanation": "-ísima is the absolute superlative ('extremely')."},
    {"sentence": "El examen fue _____ (extremely hard).", "correct": "dificilísimo", "distractor": "dificilito", "explanation": "-ísimo intensifies adjectives to mean 'extremely'."},
    {"sentence": "Tomamos una decisión importante; fue una buena _____.", "correct": "decisión", "distractor": "decididad", "explanation": "-ción turns the verb 'decidir' into a noun."},
    {"sentence": "La _____ entre los países es buena.", "correct": "comunicación", "distractor": "comunicador", "explanation": "-ción forms abstract nouns from verbs."},
    {"sentence": "La _____ es lo más importante en la vida.", "correct": "felicidad", "distractor": "felizmente", "explanation": "-dad turns the adjective 'feliz' into a noun."},
    {"sentence": "Lucharon por la _____ del pueblo.", "correct": "libertad", "distractor": "libremente", "explanation": "-tad/-dad creates abstract quality nouns."},
    {"sentence": "Camina muy _____ por el parque.", "correct": "lentamente", "distractor": "lentidad", "explanation": "-mente turns adjectives into adverbs ('-ly')."},
    {"sentence": "Habla _____ para que todos entiendan.", "correct": "claramente", "distractor": "claridad", "explanation": "-mente attaches to the feminine adjective to form an adverb."},
    {"sentence": "Mi tío trabaja como _____ y hace pan rico.", "correct": "panadero", "distractor": "panadería", "explanation": "-ero names the person; -ería names the place."},
    {"sentence": "Voy a la _____ a comprar pan fresco.", "correct": "panadería", "distractor": "panadero", "explanation": "-ería names the shop or place."},
    {"sentence": "Necesito ir a la _____ a comprar zapatos.", "correct": "zapatería", "distractor": "zapatero", "explanation": "-ería marks the shop where shoes are sold."},
    {"sentence": "El _____ reparte cartas todos los días.", "correct": "cartero", "distractor": "cartería", "explanation": "-ero names the person who works with letters."},
    {"sentence": "Compré la carne en la _____ del barrio.", "correct": "carnicería", "distractor": "carnicero", "explanation": "-ería names the place; -ero would name the butcher himself."},
    {"sentence": "Espera un _____ por favor.", "correct": "momentito", "distractor": "momentazo", "explanation": "-ito softens the noun and makes it sound polite."},
    {"sentence": "Vamos a tomar un _____ en la tarde.", "correct": "cafecito", "distractor": "cafetón", "explanation": "-cito is the diminutive used after -e or consonants."},
    {"sentence": "El golfista marcó un _____ increíble.", "correct": "golazo", "distractor": "golito", "explanation": "-azo intensifies and means 'huge/amazing'."},
    {"sentence": "Mi prima estudia para ser _____.", "correct": "dentista", "distractor": "dentería", "explanation": "-ista names a person devoted to a profession."},
    {"sentence": "Es un gran _____ de fútbol profesional.", "correct": "jugador", "distractor": "jugadero", "explanation": "-dor names a person who does an action."},
    {"sentence": "El museo está lleno de obras de _____.", "correct": "arte", "distractor": "artista", "explanation": "Use the root noun 'arte'; -ista names the artist."},
    {"sentence": "El paisaje es _____ y muy verde.", "correct": "hermoso", "distractor": "hermosura", "explanation": "-oso forms adjectives meaning 'full of'."},
    {"sentence": "Esa carretera es muy _____.", "correct": "peligrosa", "distractor": "peligrosidad", "explanation": "-osa creates the feminine adjective 'dangerous'."},
    {"sentence": "Mi sobrino es un niño _____.", "correct": "cariñoso", "distractor": "cariñazo", "explanation": "-oso means 'full of'; here, 'full of affection'."},
    {"sentence": "Esta tarea es _____ de hacer.", "correct": "posible", "distractor": "posibilidad", "explanation": "-ble forms adjectives meaning 'able to be'."},
    {"sentence": "Mi hermana es muy _____ en su trabajo.", "correct": "creativa", "distractor": "creación", "explanation": "-iva forms adjectives meaning 'tending toward'."},
    {"sentence": "Mi amiga es _____ porque nació en México.", "correct": "mexicana", "distractor": "mexicanidad", "explanation": "-ana names someone from a place."},
    {"sentence": "El estadio es _____ (extremely big).", "correct": "grandísimo", "distractor": "grandecito", "explanation": "-ísimo intensifies; -ecito would diminish."},
    {"sentence": "Trabajo como _____ en un hospital.", "correct": "enfermera", "distractor": "enfermería", "explanation": "-era names the female occupation; -ería would be the place."},
    {"sentence": "La biblioteca tiene una _____ enorme de libros.", "correct": "colección", "distractor": "coleccionista", "explanation": "-ción turns the verb into an abstract noun."}
  ]
}
