Vocabulary Cloze Exercises to Practice for Middle School Students

Cloze Exercises 1 Cloze Exercises 2 Cloze Exercises 3 Cloze Exercises 4 Cloze Exercises 5 Cloze Exercises 6

These cloze exercises will give adequate practice in using words in context for middle school students.

Cloze Exercises 5

Close Exercises 5a

Before you take that sip (1) ……… water, stop to think about how precious water is. Water is essential for the existence of all life forms (2) ………. Earth. Plants need water (3) ……… their life processes and growth. About seventy percent of the Earth is covered (4) ……. water. Humans and animals find it difficult (5) ……… survive in areas that have scarce water supply. Only certain plants and animals (6) ……… as cacti and camels have special adaptive features which allow them to survive in the desert.

The human body contains (7) ……… fifty-five to seventy-eight percent of water. To function properly, the body requires between one to seven litres of water (8) …………. day to avoid dehydration. Most of this is obtained through food or beverages (9) ………… than water. However, the healthiest way to obtain water for the body is to (10) ……… potable, drinking water. This source is becoming very little (11) …………. certain places. Currently, about a billion people drink unhealthy water. This is very sad.

Although water is important, (12) ………… much water is dangerous. Prolonged periods of rain can cause floods. Floods (13) ……….. adverse effects on people as their livelihoods and activities are severely affected. When rainwater is polluted, (14) …………. becomes acid rain, causing buildings to corrode. It is our actions that are causing water quality to decline. We should not take water (15) ………… granted. We should do our part to protect our water resources and use water responsibly.

Answer Scheme

• of
• on
• for
• with
• to
• such
• about/around
• a
• other
• drink
• in
• too
• have
• it
• for

Cloze Exercises 5b

Some insects have a natural sense (1) ……. belonging. Like ants, honey bees live in colonies and because they live and work with one another, (2) ……… are called social animals. Each bee knows exactly which colony it belongs to and who the (3) …….. members are. A bee from a different colony is readily considered an unwelcome visitor and immediately driven (4) ………… by the guards.

A colony is, in its simple way, (5) ………… organized society. The bees live (6) ………. function in different classes. Firstly, there is the queen which is the head of (7) ……… colony. Its sole duty is to lay eggs (8) ………. mating with the males. These male bees are (9) ………… drones and their only job is to mate with the queen. The next group, the largest in the colony, is made (10) ………. of the workers. They (11) ………. many duties to perform. They are responsible for nursing the grubs or young bees. Besides, they protect the colony, collect pollen grains and make honey.

Bees can also communicate with one (12) ……………. It is interesting to note that they do not make use of sounds; instead, (13) ………… use movements. The pattern in which a bee dances about upon returning from a scouting trip may indicate where food is found and (14) …………… far it is from the colony. On the other (15) ………., a different dance may warn of an impending danger such as the approach of a storm or an enemy.

Answer Scheme

• of
• are
• other
• away
• an
• and
• the
• after
• called
• up
• have
• another
• they
• how
• hand

Cloze Exercises 5c

Last week, a new teacher entered the class and stood in (1) ……….. of the class. First to attract her attention was a mischievous – looking boy. The teacher went (2) …………. him and asked, “What is your name?”

“Harry,” he (3) ……………..

“Harry what?” she asked again.

When the boy replied, the teacher was (4) ………. annoyed. It appeared that he (5) ……….. repeated her question, “Harry what?” She was shocked (6) ………. his rudeness.

She wanted to punish (7) ………… for giving her trouble. “Harry, you will pay for your behaviour today,” she warned. However, on (8) ……….. thoughts, she looked up his name in (9) …….. class register. She found out that his (10) ………… name was Harry Watt. She apologized to Harry, and reminded herself not to jump to conclusions too soon.

Answer Scheme

• front
• towards
• answered/said/replied
• very
• had
• at
• him
• second
• the
• full

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