Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

Online quizzes of various types abound on the Web.  Many include content not appropriate for classroom use, or are on the same site with other quizzes that aren’t appropriate.   Some are on sites just too filled with ads.  Others are too complicated to be accessible to English Language Learners, or would just take too long to complete.  And many require registration, or charge in order to take the quiz.

I’ve found, though, that my English Language Learner students enjoy taking online quizzes that don’t fit into those above categories.  Many are just for fun, but include reading and vocabulary development opportunities.  Some, though, can offer useful information to students — for example, well-done career tests.

Here are my choices for The Best Online Personality, Career, & Just Plain Fun Quizzes (not in order of preference):

Career Path and Monster both have multiple job-related quizzes.

Queendom: The Land of Tests has a ton of quizzes on many different topics.

The BBC Human Body and Mind also has a number of different types of tests.

ABC in Australia has a fun little personality test.

The Central Intelligence Agency has a “tongue-in-cheek” CIA Personality Quiz.

Here’s a link to something called The Big Five Personality Test.

Channel One has a lot of online quizzes, including many personality ones.

Take a How Do You Learn? quiz to identify learning styles.

Proprofs Quiz School has several personality quizzes, and it’s an easy place for students to create their own, too.

The Pew Research Center Interactive has several very accessible political and community quizzes that would provide good grist for learning and discussion.

At 15 has a Pic-a-Pic personality quiz.

Similar Minds has a large collection of personality quizzes. Some of them are accessible to ELL’s.

The Constitution Center has a Which Founder Are You quiz. You answer a variety of personality-like questions, and then you’re told which of the “founding fathers” you are most like.

I’d certainly be interested in hearing other suggestions, so please feel free to leave them in the comments section.

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