Formswrite supports a variety of question types for creating comprehensive assessments. Here’s what’s available and how each type works.
Fully supported question types
These types work across all export platforms and have full feature support.
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.
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
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.
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)
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
Date
Date input for collecting date responses.
- Standard YYYY-MM-DD format
- Supports point values
- Supports images in questions
Time
Time input for collecting time responses.
- Standard time format
- Supports point values
- Supports images in questions
AI-generated question types
When Formswrite’s AI generates quizzes (from documents or topics), it can produce:
| Type | Description |
|---|
| Multiple choice | Standard MCQ with 4 options |
| True/False | A variant of multiple choice with “True” and “False” options |
| Short answer | Open-ended brief response |
| Fill-in-the-blank | Sentence completion (converted to short answer) |
| Matching | Pair items together |
When using the AI quiz generator, you can select which question types to include. The default is Multiple Choice.
| Question type | Google Forms | Formswrite Form | QTI (Canvas) | Moodle |
|---|
| Multiple choice | Full support | Full support | Full support | Full support |
| Checkbox | Full support | Full support | Full support | Full support |
| Short answer | No feedback | Full support | Full support | Full support |
| Paragraph | No feedback | Full support | Essay type | Essay type |
| Linear scale | Full support | Converted to MCQ | Not available | Not available |
| Date | Full support | Converted to text | Essay type | Short answer |
| Time | Full support | Converted to text | Not available | Short answer |
| Dropdown | Converted to MCQ | Converted to MCQ | Full support | Full support |
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.
Grading and feedback
Grading support by question type
| Feature | Multiple choice | Checkbox | Short answer | Paragraph | Linear scale |
|---|
| Point values | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Auto-grading | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Right answer feedback | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Wrong answer feedback | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| General feedback | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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)
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
