# Fill in the Blank

> Players complete a sentence by filling in the missing words — typed or picked from a word bank.

Source: https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/quiz-games/fill-in-the-blank · EngageSlide Help Center · Quiz & Game Slides

## What is Fill in the Blank?

A **Fill in the Blank** slide shows a sentence with words missing. Players fill in each blank on their phone against the clock — by typing, or by tapping words from a word bank — and score points for speed and accuracy. It is ideal for vocabulary, grammar, key facts and definitions.

Video tutorial: [Fill in the Blank — video tutorial](https://youtu.be/SZBQ1Dq7Ooo)

Presenter creates the slide → Click Present → Share code / QR → Audience enters code → Respond & submit → Real-time results

## Create a Fill in the Blank slide

1. On **Home**, click + Create new presentation (or add a slide to an existing one).
2. In **Choose Slide Type**, pick **Fill in the Blank**. You can also type it into Search slide types….
3. The slide is created and the right panel opens on the **Content** tab.

## Set up the content

1. Type your **sentence** and put **[brackets]** around each word to hide, e.g. The [Nile] flows into the [Mediterranean] Sea.
2. Accept other answers with a slash: [color/colour]. Or select a word and click **Make blank**.
3. Choose **How participants answer**: **Type the answer** or **Word bank** (add a few **extra wrong words** to make it harder).
4. Set the time and points under **Settings** — the preview shows the correct answers in each blank.

![The Fill in the Blank editor — slide list, live screen with join code & QR, and the content panel](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/fill-in-the-blank-editor.webp)

## Fill in the Blank settings

- **Type the answer / Word bank** — Players either type each missing word, or tap words from a shuffled word bank into the blanks.
- **Extra wrong words** — Word bank only — distractors mixed in with the correct words.
- **Match upper/lower case** — Off by default, so “paris” counts for “Paris”. Extra spaces and trailing punctuation are always ignored.
- **Ignore accents** — Treat accented letters as plain ones (é = e, “Ha Noi” = “Hà Nội”).
- **Partial scoring** — With several blanks, earn points for each correct blank instead of all-or-nothing.
- **Seconds, points & speed bonus** — Time to answer and the points range — faster correct answers score more.

![Fill in the Blank settings in the right panel](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/fill-in-the-blank-settings.webp)

## Present & share the join code

1. Click **Present** in the top bar to put the slide on the big screen.
2. A **join code** and a **QR code** appear (e.g. `36Y56`).
3. Participants open the **Audience** app at **join.engageslide.com**, type the code and press **Enter** — or simply scan the QR.
4. When everyone has joined, the responses start flowing in live.

## How the audience responds

Players see the sentence with numbered blanks. In **type** mode each blank is a text box right inside the sentence — pressing Enter jumps to the next one. In **word bank** mode they tap a word to drop it into the highlighted blank, and tap a filled blank to give the word back. After the reveal, their phone shows each blank in green or red with the correct answer under any mistakes.

## View results

When time is up the correct words flip into the blanks on the big screen, with the percentage of players who got each blank right, the most common wrong answers, and a count of correct, partially correct and wrong answers. Points go straight to the leaderboard.

## Frequently asked questions

### How many blanks can a sentence have?

Up to 10. Anything in brackets becomes a blank; empty brackets are ignored.

### What about spelling mistakes?

Add common spellings as alternatives with a slash — [Mediterranean/Mediteranean] — or switch to Word bank mode so spelling doesn’t matter.

### Does the blank size give the answer away?

No. While players are answering every blank on the big screen is the same width; it only resizes when the answers are revealed.