Cloze Test

Cloze Test

Tips and Tricks to answer the questions

Steps to answer Cloze Test

• Read the whole text before answering. That could help you to identify missing words.

• Remember that only one word is missing. 

• Pay attention to clauses and words around each gap. These are clues in helping you to identify the missing word.

If the gap comes after a verb, is it possible a preposition is missing?

to, from.....

If the gap comes after a comma, could it be that the relative pronoun (who, when, which…) is the answer?

If the gap appears in the beginning of the sentence and followed with a comma, could it be that a sequence connector or a conjunction is missing?

Multiple Select

He broke the vase. ____(3)____, he apologised to his mum and cleaned up his own mess. (Select all correct answers)

• Because

• Therefore (it means so)

• Hence (it means so)

• So

Short Grammar Practices

Part 1: Short questions, short answers

Multiple Choice

Tom ____ up playing the trumpet ten years ago because it was too difficult

• gives

• gave

Multiple Choice

My family and I hardly ever eat_____ because the food in restaurants is just too expensive.

• in

• out

Multiple Choice

I always argue ___ my sister because she steals my clothes.

• to

• with

Multiple Choice

She’s afraid __ spiders

• at

• of

A Simple Tip: When you are confused, read the sentence separately from the rest of the text to get a clearer picture.

just like what we did just now...

Practice 1

Page 3 of your Cloze Test notes - Q1 - Q10

Do we really need some sleep?

Tonight between eleven o'clock and one o'clock (0)______ of people will start yawning. Very soon, they will (1)______ undressed, lie down, and close their eyes. A few minutes later, they will be (2)______.

 

Sleep is a powerful (3)______ on all our lives, and a 60‐year‐old person has (4)______ almost twenty years asleep. The traditional theory about sleep is that our brain needs to (5)______ for several hours to refresh itself and to 'file' in our memory everything that has happened to us (6)_____ the day. We can put off sleeping for a limited period, for instance if we (7)_____ to an all-night party, but sooner or later we have to sleep. If we are not allowed to sleep, we suffer hallucinations, and (8)______ die. However, Ray Meddis, a scientist at the Sleep Research Unit at Loughborough University, has a (9)______ new theory. He suggests that we don't really (10)______ to sleep at all.

That's the end of the quizzes for now.

Let's look at how the actual exam question will look like (They will be uploaded to the Google Classroom - please remind me if I forgot!)

Do this exercise in your comprehension book