From f002f1b83599fb39a06baa8935cdc5791d93bf61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ezoh Zhang <104738718+errantpianist@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 19:33:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(curriculum): enforce variable usage in sentence maker lab
 (#62078)

Co-authored-by: Ilenia <26656284+ilenia-magoni@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../66c057041df6394ca796bf33.md                | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-sentence-maker/66c057041df6394ca796bf33.md b/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-sentence-maker/66c057041df6394ca796bf33.md
index 7295ea496a8..a80788cd495 100644
--- a/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-sentence-maker/66c057041df6394ca796bf33.md
+++ b/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-sentence-maker/66c057041df6394ca796bf33.md
@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@ const expected = `Once upon a time, there was a(n) ${_initialValues['adjective']
 assert.strictEqual(firstStory, expected);
 ```
 
+You should assemble your first story using the variables you declared in the correct order.
+
+```js
+assert.match(
+  __helpers.removeJSComments(code),
+  /firstStory\s*=\s*.*?adjective.*?noun.*?noun2.*?noun.*?place.*?adjective2.*?verb/
+);
+```
+
 You should log your first story using the message `"First story: [firstStory]"`.
 
 ```js
@@ -190,6 +199,15 @@ const expected = `Once upon a time, there was a(n) ${adjective} ${noun} who love
 assert.strictEqual(secondStory, expected);
 ```
 
+You should assemble your second story using the variables you declared in the correct order.
+
+```js
+assert.match(
+  __helpers.removeJSComments(code),
+  /secondStory\s*=\s*.*?adjective.*?noun.*?noun2.*?noun.*?place.*?adjective2.*?verb/
+);
+```
+
 You should log your second story using the format `"Second story: [secondStory]"`.
 
 ```js