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    Hi all,

    I'd like to make a language test (Latin) in Excel for my kids.
    I'd like to get a number of random words (let's say 10) out of a defined list where they'd need to give all the necessary information they need to study (translation off course, but maybe also other info)
    When they filled in all the info, they should be able to end the exercise (via a button) and then get there results AND the correction if any...


    As I never really did programming in VBA, I don't really know where to start.


    Can anybody help me?

    Thanks in advance,

    Bram

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    Re: language test

    Welcome to the forum.

    As a languages teacher myself, I would say don't bother. There are many, many ready-made solutions out there - just Google "Latin tests online".

    For you to build your own solution and for it to cope with all the subtleties of a language, even a dead one, would take an immense amount of time, not to mention sophisticated VBA skills, which you don't have. Getting to the level needed for this will require a lot of hard work on your part.

    If you want to learn VBA, set yourself a much simpler task to begin with.
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    Dear Ali,

    Thanks for you quick reply.
    Maybe I didn't phrase the objective clearly enough. What I'm trying to make, is a test, where they'd get 10 words in Latin (out of the ~250 they need to know this year) and they'd need to give the translation (as defined in there books)
    So not translations of texts, no subtleties, no discussions :-)


    Kind regards,


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    OK, then please mock up how you would like this to look manually and attach the workbook here (instructions at the top of the page). You will need a list of the 250 words and their translations.

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    Re: language test

    Dear Ali,

    Here's how the worksheet would look like. The list of words isn't complete yet, but it will be updated after every lesson.


    Kind regards,

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    Re: language test

    Do you intend to accept answers with or without articles? Are you insisting on perfect Dutch spelling?

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    Re: language test

    It should indeed be with articles and correct dutch spelling, as that's how they have to do it on there tests as well.

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    On "their" tests (common homophone error, even among English people - you need the possessive here).

    OK - I'll leave this to the VBA experts to help you with a possible solution.

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    Re: language test

    whoops
    I'll make sure they won't read this..

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    LOL!!! I told you I was a teacher ...

    I've put out a call for help.

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    Re: language test

    I did a bit on this with regard to loading random non repeated words but I have to go out. If Someone wants to take the translation entry and carry on it would be appreciated. Failing that I can look again later. Some of the work done so easy to pick up from there
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    Re: language test

    Just to make sure we are on the right track

    Userform will randomly load 10 latin words (just to give you an idea the second row of textboxes are the translations) - when the third row is filled and submitted, if they equal the second row then all good otherwise they will be marked red.

    The second row can be hidden see Initialize module
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    Re: language test

    Hi,

    this indeed more or less what I'm looking for, so thanks a lot already.

    I can't manage to not show the translation, but still keep the check working. If I remove the code that shows the 2nd column (the translation) the test afterwards doesn't work anymore...
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    Re: language test

    See attached
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    Re: language test

    I've use nigelog solution to generate list.
    Check this.
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    Re: language test

    Hi all,

    thanks everybody for your help!
    I made some changes (to allow for more things to be filled in as necessary for their tests at school).

    This is more then sufficient for me, so I'll stick with this.


    See you around.

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