diff --git a/mod/lesson/locallib.php b/mod/lesson/locallib.php
index 9c9c07acf6a..cb06f2510d9 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/locallib.php
@@ -2309,9 +2309,14 @@ abstract class lesson_page extends lesson_base {
         }
         if (count($this->answers)>0) {
             $count = 0;
+            $properties->qtype;
             foreach ($this->answers as $answer) {
                 $properties->{'answer_editor['.$count.']'} = array('text'=>$answer->answer, 'format'=>$answer->answerformat);
-                $properties->{'response_editor['.$count.']'} = array('text'=>$answer->response, 'format'=>$answer->responseformat);
+                if ($qtype != LESSON_PAGE_MATCHING) {
+                    $properties->{'response_editor['.$count.']'} = array('text'=>$answer->response, 'format'=>$answer->responseformat);
+                } else {
+                    $properties->{'response_editor['.$count.']'} = $answer->response;
+                }
                 $properties->{'jumpto['.$count.']'} = $answer->jumpto;
                 $properties->{'score['.$count.']'} = $answer->score;
                 $count++;
diff --git a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php
index 82769f68ea9..9cf8f3549fc 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ class lesson_page_type_matching extends lesson_page {
                 $answer->answer = $properties->answer_editor[$i]['text'];
                 $answer->answerformat = $properties->answer_editor[$i]['format'];
             }
-            if (!empty($properties->response_editor[$i]) && is_array($properties->response_editor[$i])) {
-                $answer->response = $properties->response_editor[$i]['text'];
-                $answer->responseformat = $properties->response_editor[$i]['format'];
+            if (!empty($properties->response_editor[$i])) {
+                $answer->response = $properties->response_editor[$i];
+                $answer->responseformat = 0;
             }
 
             if (isset($properties->jumpto[$i])) {
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ class lesson_page_type_matching extends lesson_page {
                 $this->answers[$i]->answer = $properties->answer_editor[$i]['text'];
                 $this->answers[$i]->answerformat = $properties->answer_editor[$i]['format'];
             }
-            if (!empty($properties->response_editor[$i]) && is_array($properties->response_editor[$i])) {
-                $this->answers[$i]->response = $properties->response_editor[$i]['text'];
-                $this->answers[$i]->responseformat = $properties->response_editor[$i]['format'];
+            if (!empty($properties->response_editor[$i])) {
+                $this->answers[$i]->response = $properties->response_editor[$i];
+                $this->answers[$i]->responseformat = 0;
             }
 
             if (isset($properties->jumpto[$i])) {
@@ -473,12 +473,18 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_matching extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
         for ($i = 2; $i < $this->_customdata['lesson']->maxanswers+2; $i++) {
             $this->_form->addElement('header', 'matchingpair'.($i-1), get_string('matchingpair', 'lesson', $i-1));
             $this->add_answer($i, NULL, ($i < 4));
-            $this->add_response($i, get_string('matchesanswer','lesson'), ($i < 4));
+            $required = ($i < 4);
+            $label = get_string('matchesanswer','lesson');
+            $count = $i;
+            $this->_form->addElement('text', 'response_editor['.$count.']', $label, array('size'=>'50'));
+            $this->_form->setDefault('response_editor['.$count.']', '');
+            if ($required) {
+                $this->_form->addRule('response_editor['.$count.']', get_string('required'), 'required', null, 'client');
+            }
         }
     }
 }
 
-
 class lesson_display_answer_form_matching extends moodleform {
 
     public function definition() {