Story Detective
Read it, then prove you read it
About Story Detective
Short passages followed by questions that go past recall: main idea, inference, and finding the line that proves your answer.
Ankhdase tracks 4 distinct skills in Story Detective, including Reading comprehension, Main idea & detail, Inference & evidence and Vocabulary. Because mastery is estimated per skill rather than per game, the questions shift toward whatever a student is getting wrong — and away from what they have already proved they know.
How to play
- Read the passage, then answer the questions. The text stays on screen the whole time.
- Questions go past simple recall: main idea, inference and vocabulary in context.
- Get one wrong and the sentence that proves the answer is highlighted for you.
Skills Story Detective practices
- Reading comprehension
- Main idea & detail
- Inference & evidence
- Vocabulary
Mastery is estimated separately for each of these, which is what lets the difficulty move independently — a student can be fluent on one and still be fed easier questions on another.
Questions about Story Detective
- Is Story Detective free to play?
- Yes. Story Detective is free, runs in any modern browser, and needs no download or plugin. You can play straight away without an account; signing in is only needed if you want progress, streaks and badges saved.
- What age is Story Detective for?
- Story Detective suits ages 7–12 — roughly Grade 2 to Grade 6. The difficulty adapts as you play, so it stays useful across that whole range rather than being pitched at one year group.
- What does Story Detective teach?
- It practices Reading comprehension, Main idea & detail, Inference & evidence and Vocabulary. Every question is tagged with the skill it exercises, so progress is tracked skill by skill rather than as one overall score.
- Does Story Detective work on a tablet or phone?
- Yes. Story Detective works with touch as well as a mouse, and every drag action has a tap-to-select alternative. Once the page has loaded once it also keeps working offline.
- Can teachers assign Story Detective?
- Yes. Teachers can create a class, add students in bulk without email addresses, and set Story Detective as an assignment with a goal — a score, a number of minutes, stars or a typing speed. Progress updates automatically as students play.