Exercises

The Duostories are like the original Duolingo stories interactive, the learner is prompted with questions to make sure the learner understands the story.

Multiple Choice

[MULTIPLE_CHOICE]
> Priti can't find her keys.
+ Yes, that's right.
- No, that's wrong.

The exercise consists of a question and two or more answers. The right answer line starts with a + sign, the others with a - sign.

Arrange

[ARRANGE]
> Tap what you hear
Speaker560: ¡[(Necesito) (las~llaves) (de) (mi) (carro)!]
~              I~need     the~keys     of   my   car

The audio is played for the learner so that the learner now needs to reproduce the sentence by bringing the missing words into the right order. The part between the square brackets [] will be hidden and words in parentheses () are converted into buttons that the user can click to arrange them.

Point to Phrase

[POINT_TO_PHRASE]
> Choose the option that means "tired."
Speaker560: (Perdón), mi amor, (estoy) (+cansada). ¡(Trabajo) mucho!
~            sorry    my love   I~am     tired       I~work   a~lot

First the sentence is played in the story like a normal sentence. Then the story hides the hints and the learner has to pick the word from the sentence with the right meaning. Mark some words with parentheses () that will be shown as buttons. The right answer is indicated by a plus sign + after the opening parentheses ( .

Select Phrase

[SELECT_PHRASE]
> Select the missing phrase
Speaker507: Hoy   tengo  [un~partido~importante].
~           today I~have  an~important~game
+ un partido importante
- un batido importante
- una parte imponente

Here the audio is played for the whole sentences but a part of the sentences is hidden. This part is enclosed in square brackets []. Then the user has to select from three similar sounding alternatives what was really said in the sentences.

Continuation

[CONTINUATION]
> What's next?
Speaker508: Tienes   cuatro botellas [de vino].
~           you~have four   bottles   of wine
- la  mesa
~ the table
- de pastel
~ of cake
+ de vino
~ of wine

The learner sees a sentences where a part is missing. This part will also be omitted by the audio. The learner then has to fill in the gap with one of three different alternatives.

Although this seems very similar to [SELECT_PHRASE], they are different as here its about filling in a missing word from the context whereas in [SELECT_PHRASE] is about listening to the audio.

Match

[MATCH]
> Tap the pairs
- estás <> you are
- mucho <> a lot
- es <> is
- las llaves <> the keys
- la <> the

The last exercise of a story is to match 5 words that occurred in the story with their translation. Write the word in the target language on the left followed by <> and on the right the translation.