Error during quizzes
I am a native Spanish speaker with a B.A in Spanish from the University of Houston. I was testing the quiz tool you offer in this website and as I took a practice quizzes I caught about 3 errors so far. I know for a fact that some of the answers I gave for the questions were correct and yet the quiz marked them incorrect. What the tool says is the actual answer makes no sense in the Spanish language. For example under the Basic Spanish Prepositions quiz the exercise reads: Saqué a mi hija (indicate possession) el carrito de equipaje. I selected "de" (contracted it should have been del but I chose the closet answer "de") and it said the answer was actually "en" which indicates location. If you aren't native it makes sense because the child was in a location but the word "saqué" means to take out of, hence "de" (of) o "del (contracted)" is the answer of choice, yet it was marked incorrect.
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I have possible answer to this malady. I had the same problem until I realized that I was answering the questions too rapidly. If you pick your answer and press NEXT too quickly, it seems that the system compares your answer to the previous question . Ah, I'm not sure that I have that correct. In any case, as I remember, if I waited a bit before pressing NEXT, the problem went away. I think I remember that the NEXT button changes color or vibrates... not sure.
And so it seems, in the flash cards at least. Also, in the answer section you have to type the exact answer to be correct. For example: “Puedo servirle a usted” is marked incorrect because the recall section was “Puedo servirle”. Or not including the correct punctuation is marked as incorrect. Disheartening for a “novato”, I think, but I have a very thick skull. In any case, the lessons are invaluable.
Saqué a mi hija (indicate possession) el carrito de equipaje.
Hola ana, yo sé que hay errores en los quiz, pero en este particular caso, no es un error.
Mira, sacar está usado no como sacar de un sitio, sino llevarse fuera
es decir:
Saqué a mi hija en el carrito del equipaje fuera de la zona de llegadas.
La niña estaba sentada en el carrito y la persona sacó el carrito de la zona de llegadas-
Four months ago, this was discussed from this page. Placement of direct object pronouns.
This is a problem in the flashcards, too. Even though, I know the answer. I have to intentionally add or omit a punctuation, spacebar and misspell to earn points on that wrong answer. Also, if there's too many duplicates, errors or unplayable, I just find another flashcard that's playable and errorless.
