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Formswrite supports a variety of question types for creating comprehensive assessments. Here’s what’s available and how each type works.

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Fully supported question types

These types work across all export platforms and have full feature support.

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Multiple choice

Single-answer selection with radio buttons. This is the most commonly used question type.
  • Supports answer key with correct answer
  • Supports point values for grading
  • Supports feedback for right and wrong answers
  • Supports images in questions
  • Minimum 2 options required
Multiple choice is the default question type and works on every export platform.

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Checkbox (multiple answers)

Multi-answer selection allowing respondents to select more than one correct answer.
  • Supports multiple correct answers
  • Supports point values for grading
  • Supports feedback for right and wrong answers
  • Supports images in questions

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Short answer

Brief text response for single-line answers.
  • Supports answer key for auto-grading
  • Supports text validation (max length, pattern matching)
  • Supports point values
  • Supports images in questions
Short answer feedback is not supported when exporting to Google Forms, but the answer key still works for grading.

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Paragraph (long answer)

Multi-line text response for extended answers like essays or explanations.
  • Supports point values
  • Supports images in questions
  • Typically requires manual grading (no auto-grade answer key)

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Linear scale

Numeric rating scale for surveys and opinion questions (e.g., 1-5 or 1-10).
  • Customizable scale range (min and max values)
  • Customizable labels for min and max (e.g., “Strongly Disagree” to “Strongly Agree”)
  • Default range: 1 to 5
  • Supports point values
  • Supports images in questions

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Date

Date input for collecting date responses.
  • Standard YYYY-MM-DD format
  • Supports point values
  • Supports images in questions

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Time

Time input for collecting time responses.
  • Standard time format
  • Supports point values
  • Supports images in questions

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AI-generated question types

When Formswrite’s AI generates quizzes (from documents or topics), it can produce:
When using the AI quiz generator, you can select which question types to include. The default is Multiple Choice.

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Platform-specific behavior

Some question types behave differently depending on the export platform:
Grid questions (multiple choice grid and checkbox grid) are not currently supported by the Google Forms API. If your document contains grid-type questions, they will be skipped during conversion. Consider restructuring grid questions into individual multiple choice questions.

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Grading and feedback

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Grading support by question type

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Images in questions

All question types support embedding images. Images must be:
  • Valid HTTPS URLs
  • Common image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, SVG, or BMP
  • Hosted on accessible URLs (not behind authentication)

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Question editing

After Formswrite extracts questions from your document, you can edit them before exporting:
  • Change question text — fix typos or clarify wording
  • Modify question type — switch between multiple choice, checkbox, short answer, paragraph, linear scale, date, or time
  • Edit answer options — add, remove, or reorder choices
  • Set correct answers — mark which options are correct for auto-grading
  • Add images — attach images to any question
  • Add tags — organize questions for your question bank