Cloze Exercises
Teachers use cloze exercises to practice reading, grammar, and vocabulary. Students read a text with missing words and fill each gap from the context.
The exercises below are ready to use with a class. Open one and students type the missing words. Play with hints gives a word bank: students choose the missing words from the list instead of typing them.
Need a text on your own topic? The cloze text creator lets you paste a text, choose the gaps, then share the exercise with students.
A Night in a Haunted House
B2. Complete the story with adjectives, verbs and idioms about fear.
A Road Trip in Scotland - with phrasal verbs
Students read the text and fill the missing words.
A2 Reading: A Spy in the Office?
Read about the secret recording device at OpenAI and fill in the gaps.
A2 Reading: Keanu Reeves
Read about Keanu Reeves and fill in the gaps.
A2 Reading: Manchester City in Trouble
Read about Manchester City and fill in the gaps.
A2 Reading: The Future Is Already Here
Read about the future and fill in the gaps.
A2 Reading: The Future Is Already Here
Read about the future and fill in the gaps.
A2 Reading: The Future Is Coming
Read about the future and fill in the gaps.
A2 Reading: Tom Works from Home
Read about Tom and fill in the gaps.
A2 Reading: Why Do We Love Being Scared?
Read about why people love horror and fill in the gaps.
B1 Reading: Adidas vs Puma, Two Brothers, Two Brands
Read about Adidas and Puma and fill in the gaps.
B1 Reading: Ferrari vs Lamborghini, the Tractor Maker Who Took On Ferrari
Read about Ferrari and Lamborghini and fill in the gaps.
B1 Reading: Free Money for Everyone?
Read about universal basic income and fill in the gaps.
B1 Reading: Nvidia, From a Diner to the Top of the World
Read about Nvidia and fill in the gaps.
B1 Reading: SpaceX, Rockets That Come Back
Read about SpaceX and fill in the gaps.
B1 Reading: The Robotaxi Race
Read about Waymo, Tesla and Uber and fill in the gaps.
B1 Reading: Waymo vs Uber, Friends or Enemies?
Read about Waymo and Uber and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: A Bug in the Boardroom, Spying at OpenAI?
Read the article about the hidden listening device at OpenAI and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Adidas vs Puma, a Family Feud That Shaped an Industry
Read the article about Adidas and Puma and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Bruce Lee, More Than a Fighter
Read the article about Bruce Lee and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Ferrari vs Lamborghini, Pride, Revenge and Supercars
Read the article about Ferrari and Lamborghini and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Guilty, Is This the End of Man City's Golden Era?
Read the article about Manchester City and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Keanu Reeves, Hollywood's Nicest Star?
Read the article about Keanu Reeves and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Nvidia, the Company Powering the AI Boom
Read the article about Nvidia and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: SpaceX, From Near-Bankruptcy to Record-Breaking Giant
Read the article about SpaceX and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: The Future Is Arriving Early
Read the article about the future and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: The Robotaxi Race, Three Roads to a Driverless Future
Read the article about Waymo, Tesla and Uber and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Universal Basic Income, Safety Net or Expensive Dream?
Read the article about universal basic income and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Waymo vs Uber, the Ultimate Frenemies
Read the article about Waymo and Uber and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Why Do We Love Being Scared?
Read the article about the science of fear and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Will We Live Forever?
Read the article about the future and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Will We Live Forever?
Read the article about the future and fill in the gaps.
B2 Reading: Working from Home, Freedom or Isolation?
Read the article about remote and hybrid working and fill in the gaps.
Black Friday: Why Is It Called That?
B1. Complete the text about Black Friday and where its name comes from with the words from the word bank.
Body Idioms: Sentence Completion
Complete the expressions in the sentences with hand(s), foot, feet, toes, arm, shoulder(s) or elbow.
Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes Night) - B1 Cloze
Listen and read about Bonfire Night. Complete the text with the missing words.
Building Our Dream House
Students read the text and fill the missing words.
Describing a Film: Jurassic Park (B1)
B1. Complete the description of a film with the words from the word bank. Then write about your favourite film in the same way.
France: From Classrooms to the Streets
Fill in the gaps with politics and current affairs vocabulary.
France: From Classrooms to the Streets
Fill in the gaps with politics and current affairs vocabulary.
Global Climate Action: A Turning Point
Students read the text and fill the missing words.
Halloween Around the World
B1. Complete the text about Halloween and festivals of the dead around the world.
Mixed Passive Tense Story
Complete the story with a version of 'to be' to form the correct passive voice form.
News Lesson A2: Students Protest in France
Read about the protests in France and fill in the gaps.
News Lesson A2: Tesla's Flying Car
Read about the new Tesla Roadster and fill in the gaps.
News Lesson B2: France, From School Gates to a National Crisis
Read about the October 2026 protests in France and fill in the gaps.
News Lesson B2: France, From School Gates to a National Crisis
Read about the October 2026 protests in France and fill in the gaps.
News Lesson B2: Tesla's Roadster Finally Takes Off
Read about the October 2026 Tesla Roadster launch and fill in the gaps.
News Lesson: France, From Classrooms to the Streets
Read the text about the October 2026 protests in France and fill in the gaps.
News Lesson: Phone Bans in Schools (A2)
Read about phone bans in schools around the world and fill the gaps.
News Lesson: Phone Bans in Schools (B2)
Read about the global trend of banning phones in schools and fill the gaps.
Past Simple or Past Continuous
Students read the text and fill the missing words.
Prepositions of Time: in, on, at (A1)
A1. Complete the text with in, on or at.
Present Simple: An Interview with a Nurse (A2)
A2. Complete the interview with the present simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use short forms (don't, doesn't, isn't).
Present Simple: Tom and Lucy (A1)
A1. Complete the text with the present simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use short forms (don't, doesn't).
Product Pitch: SockMates (B1)
Read Jess's product pitch and complete the useful pitch phrases. Then use them to plan your own pitch!
Reformulating and Summarising Markers
Complete the email with the missing word in each discourse marker. Then decide: which markers rephrase an idea, and which ones sum up the whole meeting?
State and Action Verbs: An Email from Florence (B1)
B1. Complete the email with the present simple or present continuous. Use short forms (I'm, don't). Careful: some verbs, like have, think and look, can be both!
Thanksgiving in the USA
A2. Complete the text about Thanksgiving with the words from the word bank.
Thanksgiving: A Holiday of Food, Family, and Gratitude
Students read the text and fill the missing words.
The History of Halloween
B1. Complete the text about the history of Halloween with the correct words.
Winter Vocabulary Cloze (A2/B1)
Read the text about winter and complete the gaps with the missing winter words.
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