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Turn your notes into a fill-in-the-blank quiz for Google Forms

Upload a PDF, slides or notes and get short-answer questions with blanks, answer keys and explanations, ready to copy into a Google Forms quiz.

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How a fill-in-the-blank quiz works in Google Forms

Blanks work well for vocabulary, formulas and dates, and a fill-in-the-blank Google Forms quiz is a quick way to check whether those terms have stuck.

Blank one key term per question so the answer is clear.
List alternate spellings and synonyms in the Forms answer key.
Add a short explanation to each answer so students learn from misses.
Review generated questions before sharing, since the source material may be incomplete.

Example fill-in-the-blank questions across science and history

Photosynthesis takes place mainly in the ____ of a leaf cell.chloroplasts — they contain chlorophyll, which captures light energy.

In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is the ____.hypotenuse — it is always the longest side of the triangle.

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at ____ sea-level pressure.standard — boiling point drops at higher altitudes, where air pressure is lower.

The French Revolution began in the year ____.1789 — the storming of the Bastille that July is usually cited as its start.

Sodium chloride is held together by ____ bonds.ionic — sodium gives an electron to chlorine, and the opposite charges attract.

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Questions from your material

Upload PDFs, DOCX files, PPTX slides, plain text or photos of pages and get questions based on what your course actually covers.

Answers and explanations

Each question comes with a correct answer and a short explanation, so you can check the key before you share the quiz.

Quizzes for review

Generate multiple-choice, true/false and short-answer questions, then study them in the browser with spaced repetition.

How it works

Upload your notes

Add a PDF, slide deck, Word file or photo of a page. Text in images is read with text recognition.

Generate the questions

Pick the question types you want and let DeckOwl write blanks and answer keys from the material.

Copy into Google Forms

Paste each blank as a short-answer question and add the accepted answer to the answer key in Forms.

Google Forms quizzes grade short-answer questions against an answer key, so each blank becomes one short-answer item. Keep the sentence short, blank a single key term and list accepted spellings so correct answers are not marked wrong.

DeckOwl writes the sentences, blanks and answers from your own material. Google Forms does the grading and collects responses, so you handle the sharing and scoring.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I write a good fill-in-the-blank question?

Use a complete sentence with one blank for a key term, and make sure the rest of the sentence points clearly to that term. Avoid blanks that many words could fit.

How many blanks should one question have?

One blank per question is easiest to grade in Google Forms. Two or three blanks can work when the terms are closely linked, but keep the answer key precise.

Can DeckOwl export straight to Google Forms?

No. Paid plans export to PDF and DOCX, so you can copy the questions and answers into a Google Forms quiz. Plus is $99.90/year or $9.99/month.

What does the free plan include?

The free plan includes 3 generations per month and studying in the browser. Exports require a paid plan.

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