Cloze Test Passage

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Fill in each blank space in the passage below with the best alternative from the choices given

Jane always ___1___ to school early. She ___2___ her homework before going to bed every night. Her teachers ___3___ her for being a hardworking student. Last term, she ___4___ the best student in her class.

Jane's parents were very ___5___ of her achievements. They ___6___ her a new bicycle as a reward. She ___7___ them and promised to work even ___8___ next term.

Jane's classmates ___9___ to follow her example. They formed study groups and started ___10___ each other with difficult subjects.

  1. Question 1

    1 mark

    ___1___

    A. goes

    B. go

    C. going

    D. went

    (1 mark)

    Marking scheme

    A

  2. Question 2

    1 mark

    ___2___

    A. do

    B. does

    C. doing

    D. did

    (1 mark)

    Marking scheme

    B

  3. Question 3

    1 mark

    ___3___

    A. praise

    B. praises

    C. praised

    D. praising

    (1 mark)

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  4. Question 4

    1 mark

    ___4___

    A. is

    B. are

    C. was

    D. were

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  5. Question 5

    1 mark

    ___5___

    A. proud

    B. angry

    C. sad

    D. worried

    (1 mark)

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  6. Question 6

    1 mark

    ___6___

    A. buy

    B. buys

    C. bought

    D. buying

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  7. Question 7

    1 mark

    ___7___

    A. thank

    B. thanks

    C. thanked

    D. thanking

    (1 mark)

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  8. Question 8

    1 mark

    ___8___

    A. hard

    B. harder

    C. hardest

    D. hardly

    (1 mark)

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  9. Question 9

    1 mark

    ___9___

    A. decide

    B. decides

    C. decided

    D. deciding

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  10. Question 10

    1 mark

    ___10___

    A. help

    B. helps

    C. helped

    D. helping

    (1 mark)

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