Mini‑quiz: ¿me duele / me duelen o tengo dolor de…?

Mini-quiz: choose between me duele/me duelen vs tengo dolor de for body parts (no possessives).

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me duele me duelen le duele tengo dolor de la cabeza los pies

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Hints for this Quiz

Singular → duele; plural → duelen. With "tener dolor de" we don’t use an article.

Correct: "Me duele la cabeza." "Doler" works like "gustar": we use an indirect object pronoun (me/te/le…) and the verb agrees with the body part (singular → duele). With "doler" we don’t use possessives, we use the article: "la cabeza." The structure "tener dolor de" is also correct, but normally without an article: "tengo dolor de cabeza" (the option with "los" is incorrect).

Remember: duele (singular), duelen (plural).

"Los pies" is plural, so we need "Me duelen." With "doler" the verb agrees with what hurts. The option with "tener" would need the body part after "de": "tengo dolor de pies"; in our template the word after "de" is missing, so the option is incomplete.

With "dolor de" we don’t use an article: "dolor de cabeza", "dolor de garganta".

We need "Me duele" because "la cabeza" is singular. If you choose "tener", then the correct version is without the article: "tengo dolor de cabeza" (not "de la cabeza").

The form for él/ella/usted is "le"; make "duele/duelen" agree with the body part.

Third person: we use the indirect object pronoun "le". "La espalda" is singular → "le duele". An alternative is possible: "Marta tiene dolor de espalda", but in this exercise we want the pattern with "doler".

Dolor de + parte del cuerpo (sin artículo).

With "tener" we use "dolor de" and no article: "Tengo dolor de garganta." With "doler" it would be: "Me duele la garganta" (we need the article and, since it’s singular, "duele").

Usted → le. Plus agreement: "pies" → "duelen".

"Los pies" is plural, so "Le duelen." With "tener" the most natural form is without the article: "¿Tiene dolor de pies?" (the version with "de los pies" sounds unnatural).

We don’t say "mi cabeza" with "doler"; we use the article: el/la/los/las.

With "doler" we do not use possessive adjectives; we need the article. Correct would be: "Me duelen las piernas."

Like "gustar": "A Juan le duele…"; "A Juan le duelen…" (depending on singular/plural).

For the third person we use "le" and agree with "la cabeza" (singular): "A Juan le duele la cabeza." A structure with "tener" is also possible: "Juan tiene dolor de cabeza", but here we want the pattern with a pronoun.