Guidelines for Rational Cloze

Guidelines for Rational Cloze

Multiple Choice

The ___ crows every morning.

• hen

• rooster

• nestling

• nanny-goat

Multiple Choice

The ___ received gifts during the open house celebration.

• child

• childs

• children

• childrens

Multiple Choice

We saw two ___ and four ___ at the funfair.

• ponies, donkies

• ponys, donkeys

• ponies, donkeys

• ponyes, donkeyes

Multiple Choice

My neighbour donated several pieces of ___ to the Old Folk's Home.

• furniture

• furnitures

• furnituries

• furnituress

Multiple Choice

The farmer and his workers sheared the ___ and then put the ___ in sacks.

• sheep, wool

• sheeps, wool

• sheepes, woolies

• sheepies, wooles

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Fill in the blanks with the Present Tense.

The Olympics ___ (begin) in three weeks' time.

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Fill in the blanks with the Present Tense.

Here ___ (come) the moment we've all been waiting for.

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Fill in the blanks with the Present Tense.

The sky ___ (get) dark.

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Fill in the blanks with the Present Tense.

Muthu ___ (attend) a computer course to improve his ICT skills.

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Fill in the blanks with the Past Tense.

There ___(be) a nasty accident in front of my school last Monday.

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Fill in the blanks with the Past Tense.

I wonder who ___ (take) my dictionary. It was on my desk just now.

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Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect Tense.

Jenny ___ (write) to Laila only once so far.

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Fill in the blanks with the Past Perfect Tense.

When I first met Raina, she ___ (move) from a temporary shelter to a two-bedroom flat.

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Write down the comparative form of 'bad'

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Write down the correct superlative form of 'popular'.

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Fill in the blanks with the correct word in brackets.

Lenny's father is a ___ (wealthy, wealth) man.

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Fill in the blanks with the correct word in brackets.

I am ___ (bored, boring)! Let's go shopping.

Multiple Choice

This room is beautiful but it is ____, isn't it?

• tiny

• tinier

• more tiny

• more tinier than

Multiple Choice

Mrs Bing makes ____ cupcakes in the neighborhood.

• as tasty as

• more tasty

• the tastiest

• tastier than

Multiple Choice

Bungee jumping is ____ sport I have ever done.

• terrifying than

• as terrifying as

• the most terrifying

• more terrifying than

Multiple Choice

Please be careful, Ganesh. That knife is very ____.

• sharp

• long

• slippery

• expensive

Multiple Choice

____ I have another piece of chocolate cake, please?

• will

• should

• may

• have to

Multiple Choice

If I am free later, I ____ visit my best friend, Alia.

• will

• need to

• may not

• shouldn't

Multiple Choice

My mother said that I ____ finish my homework before I watch TV.

• could

• might

• had to

• needn't

Multiple Choice

Stella ____ sing beautifully before she lost her voice.

• can

• could

• had to

• ought to

Multiple Choice

I ____ to be scared of the dark when I was younger.

• had

• used

• ought

• might

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Rewrite the sentences in the space provided.

Zuraidah is hardworking. (extremely)

Multiple Choice

In ____ three minutes, the shuttle would be moving out of the zone of maximum heat build-up.

• partially

• completely

• just

• later

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Fill in the blanks with the adverbs given in the bracket.

Liza is ____ (absolutely, completely) sure that she wants to do Engineering.

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Fill in the blanks with the adverbs given in the bracket.

Harjit did not know the answer because he ____ (honestly, rarely) did his homework.

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Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.

Rina leaned forward __ examine the letter.

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He has been sleeping badly ___ many days.

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Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.

Shahrul is climbing __ the coconut tree.

Multiple Choice

My best friend, Karen, sits ___ me in class.

• on

• over

• beside

• between

Multiple Choice

Q: Jason, how do you come to school?

A: ___ foot.

• In

• By

• On

• With

Multiple Choice

I have my music lesson ___ 4.00pm today.

• at

• on

• by

• for

Multiple Choice

Seng Koon ____ Seng Kee love spicy food.

• yet

• and

• or

• besides

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Fill in the blanks with the correct conjunctions. (until, but, however, since)

My friends and I planned to go for a picnic last weekend. ____, it was raining heavily.

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Fill in the blanks with the correct conjunctions. (Besides, while, because)

____ reading, Mrs. Lee enjoys painting.

Multiple Choice

Karina won't be able to attend my birthday party ___ she is away on holiday.

• as

• so

• but

Multiple Choice

___ I was hurrying down the stairs, I slipped and fell.

• Until

• As

• Because

• But

THAT's ALL FOR TODAY

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