Every XLSForm workbook is built around three worksheets:

1. The survey sheet is where you define every question in your form. Each row specifies what type of question it is, its internal variable name, and the label the respondent will see on screen (i.e. what the actual question is).
2. The choices sheet holds all the answer options for your multiple-choice questions, organized into named lists that the survey sheet references.
3. The settings sheet contains form-level metadata: the title shown to data collectors, a unique form ID, and the submission URL, among other options.

This separation keeps your form organized. Questions live in one place, answer lists in another, and global configuration in a third. When a form grows to hundreds of questions across multiple languages, this structure prevents the chaos that a single flat sheet would create. You can go through the attached sample sheet for a better understanding of what an Excel-based survey format looks like.

Sample Format