Cloze Test

What is a Cloze Test?

Cloze test is a technique of deleting words from a passage and replacing them with blanks. The passage is provided to students, whose task is to insert words as they read to construct meaning from the text.

What is the purpose of Cloze Tests?

As a rule, Cloze tests are used for developing and assessing English learners’ monitoring of their reading comprehension, critical thinking and vocabulary development in the English language.

How do I use the Cloze Test app?

After you have selected a paragraph of an appropriate length and complexity level for your students, paste it in the text box [Enter your text here]. You can expand the text box by dragging with the mouse on the bottom, right corner.
Choose the function for removing words from the passage from the the options.
- For every N-th word function, specify the rate at which to remove words, i.e., for removing every third word, choose 3, for removing every fifth word, choose 5, etc, and click on Create task button.
- To remove exact words type the words to be removed separated by commas in the text box. For all other functions, just choose the function and click on Create task button.
Click on Create task button.
Enter task directions and click Save to folder, go to your Folder to print out your worksheet.
Note that inputs from your previous session are retained if you work on the same machine and browser

Cloze Test

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