• Up to 100 questions.
• You can quickly import data from TaskMagic Text Match and Grid Match files, as well as from other Vocab Test files or from txt files.
• There is a quick input function allowing you to quickly type all of your questions and answers into one text box.
• Questions can have up to 3 correct answers.
• You can choose whether or not to award scores for partially correct answers / words.
• You can choose whether answers are case-sensitive.
• You can select a priority element for a particular answer, so that this element scores 50% irrespective of the rest of the answer.
• Students can opt for a practice session or a test. The practice session steers them towards the correct answer if they get it wrong. They can ask for a hint to help them out, or they can skip the question (in which case they are told the correct answer). Answers that are not answered correctly first time are repeated.
• The test awards scores according to your criteria. Unless you opt otherwise, the test awards a percentage score for each attempted answer by comparing it with the expected answer.
• Scores can be saved either automatically via the student's username or by requesting the student to type in their name, depending on how you set it up.
• There is a results viewer screen allowing you to see all available results. You can choose to see only results in a given time period. You can also opt to see the highest result per student or the most recent result per student for a particular test.
• Scores are in % format by default, but you can opt to view them as a mark out of 10, 20 or other.
• When you click on a particular test result (ie. the name / username of the student, date taken and score) you can see all the expected and given answers for that particular test and the individual scores awarded for each question.
• You can select multiple results and print them as a list or export the data as a CSV (comma separated variable) file, which can then be opened in Excel.

The file vocab.dat contains information on what to do about saving student scores. Currently it is empty of contents, but you will be able to try out the Vocab Test program yourself.

The Vocab programs access this file to look for 2 pieces of data, which should be on the first 2 lines of the vocab.dat file:
1) On the first line of vocab.dat, the full path of the directory where student scores are saved and from where they can be accessed. If students are accessing the program from various workstations linked to your network, it makes sense to save the student scores to an area on the school network. This needs to be a folder to which students have write access (so that their scores can be saved), but preferably they shouldn't know where it is. Make it a hidden directory. So you could [ask someone to] set up a hidden directory at P:\Languages\TMVocabTestScores (or whatever name you like in whatever location on the network), and then you would type on the first line of vocab.dat P:\Languages\TMVocabTestScores
*NB. If you leave this line blank, the scores are saved by default to [Application Path] + \TMVocabTestScores. (ie. a folder called
TMVocabTestScores is created wherever the program itself is located.) This is fine if you have put the program files on the network, although students are unlikely to have write access to it. This is also fine if you want to save all scores on your own computer (which means that students will have to do the tests on your computer, too...). It's no good if the program files are copied to each local workstation, as the test scores will also be saved on separate workstations.
2) On the second line, either the word username or the word inputname
That's it. Nothing else.
- username instructs the programs to save the the scores automatically to the specified or default location, using the student's username for future reference.
- inputname (or leaving the line blank) instructs the program to ask the student whether they want to save scores for the test, then asks them to provide their first name and surname. (This is the option you would need if all students were doing tests on the same computer).
All 3 files should be kept in the folder 'VocabTest', whether you copy it onto individual machines or on your network. If you copy the folder to individual machines, you will need to make sure that the information contained in vocab.dat is the same on each computer.
Please contact us at mdlsoft@mdlsoft.co.uk if you have any questions / problems.

When you save your multiple files, you choose a name for the file (eg. holidays.MDL) and all files are saved with that name + a number. (ie. holidays_1.MDL, holidays_2.MDL etc). If you later decide to add a new batch of files with the same name, these can be added to the existing list of numbered files.

NEW: You can now opt to include only certain files, or exclude certain files from the game.
The options are:
1) To include all files, save / copy a .tmfoot file with no content. All files will automatically be included.
2) To include only certain files, list these on separate lines within the .tmfoot file (which you should right-click and Open With... and then open with Note Pad). eg.
er_present_tense.MDL
holiday_activities.MDL
aller_plus_infinitive.MDL
This way, only the content of the listed files will be included.
3) To exclude certain files, do as above, but put an x as the first line. eg.
x
er_present_tense.MDL
holiday_activities.MDL
aller_plus_infinitive.MDL
This will include all the Text Match files within the current folder, with the exception of those listed above.
You can give the .tmfoot file any name you like. eg. holidays.tmfoot / all_except_verbstuff.tmfoot

NEW: You can now opt to include only certain files, or exclude certain files from the game.
The options are:
1) To include all files, save / copy a .tmjmp file with no content. All files will automatically be included.
2) To include only certain files, list these on separate lines within the .tmjmp file (which you should right-click and Open With... and then open with Note Pad). eg.
er_present_tense.MDL
holiday_activities.MDL
aller_plus_infinitive.MDL
This way, only the content of the listed files will be included.
3) To exclude certain files, do as above, but put an x as the first line. eg.
x
er_present_tense.MDL
holiday_activities.MDL
aller_plus_infinitive.MDL
This will include all the Text Match files within the current folder, with the exception of those listed above.
You can give the .tmjmp file any name you like. eg. holidays.tmjmp / all_except_verbstuff.tmjmp

NEW: You can now opt to include only certain files, or exclude certain files from the game.
The options are:
1) To include all files, save / copy a .tmfla file with no content. All files will automatically be included.
2) To include only certain files, list these on separate lines within the .tmfla file (which you should right-click and Open With... and then open with Note Pad). eg.
er_present_tense.MDL
holiday_activities.MDL
aller_plus_infinitive.MDL
This way, only the content of the listed files will be included.
3) To exclude certain files, do as above, but put an x as the first line. eg.
x
er_present_tense.MDL
holiday_activities.MDL
aller_plus_infinitive.MDL
This will include all the Text Match files within the current folder, with the exception of those listed above.
You can give the .tmfla file any name you like. eg. holidays.tmfla / all_except_verbstuff.tmfla

French Football Game: Christmas / Daily Routine
Each link is to a 360K exe file. Right-click and save to your computer. 800 x 600 pixels.
Choose between a timed game or a first to... game, then press start. Get the correct match to pass the ball or shoot. Short passes / shots are more successful than longer ones. You can't shoot from kick-off.