Multiple choice question in Google Forms

This is a common question from people who want users to pick just one answer. A short answer question gives you many spellings and answers you did not expect, so you have to read each one and group them by hand. Google Forms gives you a multiple choice question for free, but your users still see Google's look on it. With Formfacade, you can add a multiple choice question with your own choices and your users select one with a click. Even better, you can show different pages based on the answer, so users do not get questions that do not apply to them.

Let's start. Create your form and follow the steps below.

Multiple choice question allows users to select only one answer from the available choices. This is ideally suited for questions with limited answer choices (<10). You could use this for longer list of choices as well, but it is not recommended; you should use dropdown question in such cases.

How to create a multiple choice question?

On the page that opens, name your form, click Build form and click Proceed. It can take about a minute.
You will land on the form's "Preview" tab.
Click on "Edit" tab

Click on the + icon (Add field) in the toolbar on the right and enter your question
Select Multiple choice in the question type list
Type the first answer choice in the first box, then click Add Option and type the next one. Do this for each answer choice.
Enable Required toggle button to make this a mandatory question as shown below

Multiple choice question with predefined answer choices

Here is how this question looks to your users.

How can I include "Other" as an option?

Once you have added the answers to the multiple choice questions, click on add "Other" link (highlighted in the image below). Your users will be able to choose one of the existing answer choices or type their own short answer.

Click on the + icon (Add field) in the toolbar on the right
Select Multiple choice in the question type list
Type the first answer choice in the first box, then click Add Option and type the next one. Do this for each answer choice.
Click on the add "Other" link as shown below

Multiple choice question with "Other" option

Here is how this question looks to your users.

How can I show different questions based on the answer chosen by the user?

You can use the + Go to page option for multiple choice question so that users only see certain pages based on their answers.

Click on the + icon (Add field) in the toolbar on the right
Select Multiple choice in the question type list
Type the first answer choice in the first box, then click Add Option and type the next one. Do this for each answer choice.
Enable Required toggle button to make this a mandatory question (if required)
Click on the ⚙️ icon at the bottom right of the question and click + Go to page. If your form has only one page, first click Add page in the toolbar on the right.
For each answer choice, select Continue to next page, a page or Submit form and click Save

When a user selects that answer and clicks Next, the form goes to the page you selected.

Summary

If you want only one answer from each user, a short answer question is hard to count. With the multiple choice question in Formfacade, users select one answer from your choices and you can add an "Other" option or show different pages based on the answer. Create your form and complete the steps above.