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Cloze Test Preparation Strategy

In a cloze test, candidates are provided with a passage which has certain words missing from it. It can be logically understood from the question itself, that to ace such assessment, candidates must have strong command over English language, along with string knowledge of vocabulary as well as grammar. It is also important to understand the context as well as flow of the passage. While many consider, the Cloze test asked in exam to be toughest, there are tricks that can be used to solve such questions.

Here is a small example:

Disregarding the news about impending bad weather, I decided to go out without a/an _______and ended up getting wet. I resolved thereafter to always take note of the weather ______.

The correct answers in the above scenario would be ‘an umbrella’ or ‘a raincoat’ for the first blank and ‘report’ or ‘forecast’ for the second.

Since many exams now administer the Cloze test to assess the level of English proficiency of their candidates, it is imperative that if you are appearing for such an exam, you have a clear sense of how and what to prepare. Here are some tips that could be of help-

1. Read Thoroughly– Read the given

passage thoroughly in order to get an idea about the topic. Read slowly and try to get proper understanding of the text. Once the theme of the passage is clear, you task becomes easy. Now, you can go through the passage and think of appropriate words that suit the situation

being described and proceed with filling the blanks.

2. Link the Sentences Together- Keep in

mind the sentences in the passage are linked with each other. Do not make mistake of treating each and every sentence individually and fill in the blanks accordingly. Try coming up with logical connections that link upo the sentences together and it will be an easier task for you.

3. The Type of Word to Fill in– Look at the

blanks carefully and asses the kind of words you have to fill, it may be a noun, a pronoun, a verb, a preposition, a conjunction or an article. For example-

 A noun– I forgot to carry my ____ to school. I therefore had to share with my friend. The logical answer here would be a book or tiffin.

 An article– He ate …