English Grammar Quiz App

A Python console quiz app that tests English grammar skills with 20 questions — randomized every game, with score saving and full input validation.

Built from scratch over 3 days as part of my Python learning journey, right after completing my Python certification.

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Screenshots

Running the quiz

Answer feedback

Final score screen

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Features

• 20 English grammar questions covering tenses, conditionals, passive voice, inversion, and more
• Questions are randomized every time you play
• Input validation — no crashes from empty or invalid answers
• Scores saved automatically to scores.txt with name, result, and timestamp
• View all past scores from the main menu
• Performance feedback based on your result
• Graceful exit on Ctrl+C

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Project Structure

Quiz-Application/
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├── main.py          # Entry point — runs the app
├── quiz.py          # Quiz logic and question flow
├── questions.py     # All 20 grammar questions and answers
├── scores.py        # Save and display player scores
├── utils.py         # Input validation helper
└── scores.txt       # Auto-generated when you play

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How to Run

Make sure you have Python 3 installed, then run:

python main.py

No external libraries needed — uses Python's standard library only.

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How to Play

1. Choose Start Quiz from the menu
2. Enter your name
3. Answer each question by typing 1, 2, or 3
4. See instant feedback after each answer
5. Get your final score and performance message at the end
6. Your result is saved automatically to scores.txt

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Scoring

Score	Feedback
20/20	Perfect score! Outstanding!
16–19	Great job!
10–15	Good effort — keep practising!
0–9	Keep studying — you'll get there!

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Topics Covered

• Present simple & past perfect tenses
• Conditional sentences (types 1, 2, 3)
• Subjunctive mood
• Passive voice
• Question tags
• Prepositions of time
• Inversion with negative adverbs
• Gerunds vs infinitives
• Subject-verb agreement
• Correlative conjunctions

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What I Learned Building This

• Splitting a project across multiple files with clean imports
• Using random.shuffle() to randomize question order
• Writing reusable input validation with while True loops
• Appending data to files and reading them back
• Handling edge cases like empty input, invalid answers, and Ctrl+C exits
• Committing progress step by step using Git

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Author

Alaa Kawther — Second Year Computer Science Student

Built over 3 days, step by step.

All commits tracked on GitHub to show the full build process.