Drag-the-Words Questions
A drag-the-words question shows a passage with blanks and a word bank. You drag each word into the blank where it belongs — a draggable form of cloze gap-fill.
How to approach it
Place the words you are sure about first to shrink the pool, then use elimination for the rest. Check grammar and meaning after every placement.
Example
Drag "photosynthesis" into: "Plants make food through ___."
Common variants
- Exact word bank (no spares)
- Word bank with extra distractor words
Where you'll see it
- iSpring
- H5P
- Moodle
How AI Solve Quiz helps with drag the words questions
AI Solve Quiz identifies which word fills each blank and explains the grammatical or logical cue that fixes its position.
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Frequently asked questions
What happens to leftover words? ▼
Some drag-the-words items include extra distractor words that should not be placed anywhere, so an unused word can be correct.
Related question types
Multiple Choice A multiple choice question presents a stem (the question) and a fixed list of options, exactly one of which is correct. The wrong options are called distractors and are written to look plausible. Multiple Response A multiple response question has two or more correct options and asks you to select every one of them. Because partial credit is common, each checkbox is effectively its own true/false decision. True/False A true/false question gives one statement and asks you to judge whether it is correct. Yes/no and agree/disagree items are the same binary format. Fill in the Blank A fill-in-the-blank question removes a key word, term or value from a sentence and asks you to type it in. Grading usually matches your text against an accepted-answer list.