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Cloze maker v0.1.0

Turn any text into a fill-in-the-blank worksheet: every Nth word, longer words only, or the words you tap, with a word bank and an answer key. Start from your own text or one of the reading passages. Free, no sign-up.

84 words, reads at about below 1st grade. Stays in this browser.
Which words become blanks
The first sentence stays whole so readers get started.
Every

Ducks at the Pond

Name ________________________
Date ______________

Read the whole text first. Then write the missing word on each line. Use the word bank.

thetheduckswaterstaysaaregetspushcanfish

Ducks live by a pond. A pond is a small lake. 1______________ pond is a good home for 2______________.

A duck can swim. Its feet 3______________ big and flat. The flat feet 4______________ the water like paddles. A duck 5______________ also fly. It has strong wings.

6______________ duck eats plants, bugs, and small 7______________. It puts its head under the 8______________ to look for food.

When it 9______________ out of the pond, a duck 10______________ dry. Oil on its feathers keeps 11______________ water off.

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Answer key: Ducks at the Pond

For the teacher. Accept a word that fits the meaning and the grammar, too.

  1. The
  2. ducks
  3. are
  4. push
  5. can
  6. A
  7. fish
  8. water
  9. gets
  10. stays
  11. the

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To save a PDF, choose Print, then “Save as PDF” as the printer. Only the sheets print.

How to use it

  1. Paste a paragraph or two from your lesson, or start from one of the reading passages. The line under the box says roughly what grade the text reads at.
  2. Choose how the blanks are picked: every 5th to 10th word (the first sentence stays whole), longer words only (so the blanks test meaning, not grammar), or tap the words you want.
  3. Leave the word bank on for younger readers or new vocabulary; turn it off for a harder check.
  4. Print. The answer key is on its own page.

Ideas for class

  • Use a cloze of yesterday's reading as a warm-up: students who understood it fill the blanks quickly.
  • Tap only this week's vocabulary words to make a vocabulary-in-context sheet in a minute.
  • Run the same text twice, every 7th word and then longer words only, and compare which blanks were harder.
  • Pair it with the quiz maker: the passage's own questions on one sheet, a cloze of its text on another.
  • Accept any word that fits the meaning and the grammar; talking about the near misses is half the lesson.

Related

Questions

What is a cloze worksheet?

A text with some words taken out and lines left in their place. Readers use the meaning of the rest of the text to fill each gap, which shows whether they followed it.

Why does the first sentence stay whole?

It gives the reader the topic and the voice of the text before the gaps begin. That is how a classic cloze is set up.

Does the word bank give the answers away?

It narrows them down, which suits younger readers and new vocabulary. Turn it off when you want readers to find the word themselves.

Is my text sent anywhere?

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