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SECTION 02 · Gaps in a connected text

Cloze test

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How to solve: Cloze testA connected text with numbered gaps; choose a, b, c or d for each gap.

What it tests

Grammar in context: tenses and their sequence, modal verbs, linking words, verb patterns and fixed phrases.

In the exam: part II, 17 tasks.

Step by step

  1. Read the whole paragraph first — the time frame (past, present, future) is often set by the sentences around the gap.
  2. Look at what comes right before and after the gap: a subject, an auxiliary, a preposition, “to”…
  3. Decide what kind of word fits (verb form, linking word, preposition) before looking at the options.
  4. Check time signals: ago, since, by the time, already, while, tomorrow.
  5. Read the sentence again with your answer — it must sound complete and logical.

Watch out for

  • Choosing a tense from the sentence alone when the paragraph is clearly in the past.
  • Mixing up similar forms: had done / has done / did, to do / doing.
  • Linking words with opposite meaning: because / although, so / but.

Example

By the time we arrived, the film (1)____. a) has started b) had started c) starts d) was starting

b) had started — “by the time we arrived” marks a past moment; the film started before it, so we need the past perfect.

Exercise 38
EXERCISE TEXT

After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. Tea originated in China as a medicinal drink. It first 1 to Portuguesepriests and merchants in China during the 16th century. Drinking tea 2 popular in Britain during the 17th century. The British introduced it to India, in order to compete with the Chinese monopoly on the product. There are at least six different types of tea. Some varieties, 3 be used medicinally. It has been suggested that green and black tea may protect against cancer. Negative effects of tea drinking are centered around the consumption of sugar used to sweeten the tea.

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