Cloze exercises

Fill in the blanks with only one 4. He (wash) _____ the car last week.
word 5. She (live) _____ in London for two years.
6. Laura (wait) _____ for his boyfriend for one
1. I _____ the bus and I have to take a taxi
hour.
instead.
2. The kids are _____ school right now.
3. It's raining but the sun is also shining; so you Fill in with the past tense of the
can see a _____. verbs
4. On Valentine's Day they had their first _____. 1. The teacher (hear) _____ somebody speaking
5. Please put _____ your cigarettes before you during the test.
come in. 2. I (make) _____ a cake for his birthday last
6. The trousers were too long so I had to take year.
them _____. 3. We (talk) _____ on the phone for one hour.
4. She (feel) _____ good after the dance.
Fill in with on, off, 5. The employees (leave) _____ the office at
down 6pm.
6. Last night we (have) _____ dinner at a
1. Hurry up! Get _____ the train now.
restaurant.
2. It's too dark in here. Turn _____ the lights,
please.
3. You can take _____ your coat and hang it Fill in with the past tense of the
there. verbs
4. The music is too loud. Please turn _____ the 1. The party (begin) ______ at 8 o'clock.
volume. 2. The bus (come) ______ too early.
5. I can't study with that music. Please turn it 3. We (take) ______ the first train to London.
_____. 4. The sun (rise) ______ at 6.30.
6. May I try _____ this shirt? 5. The baby (cry) ______ all night.
6. They (meet) ______ at the office.
Fill in with well or
good Fill in with historic or
1. She speaks English very _____. historical
2. Did you sleep _____ last night? 1. Spain's victory in the World Cup was a ______
3. This soup doesn't smell _____. moment.
4. She always dresses _____ for our meetings. 2. I have done a lot of ______ research.
5. Oh, your idea sounds _____! 3. The restoration of ______ buildings will take
6. She speaks _____ English. some time.
4. Our city has many places of ______ interest.
Fill in with raise or 5. She wrote her first ______ novel in 1992.
rise 6. In a ______ meeting, world leaders came to an
agreement.
1. Toy sales always _____ for Christmas.
2. Please _____ to welcome the president.
3. Can you _____ the torch so I can see? Fill in with lay or
4. They gave a concert to _____ money for lie
charity. 1. Do not ___ to me!
5. Those who agree please _____ your hands. 2. Please ___ the tools on my desk.
6. Temperature will _____ again on Sunday. 3. For a few minutes she just ___ there.
4. Please ___ flat on the floor.
5. She ___ back against the pillow to read.
Fill in with the past tense of the 6. Our hens ___ twenty eggs per day.
verbs
1. He (write) _____ a letter to his mother. Fill in with fewer or
2. I (forget) _____ to check my email.
3. The police (catch) _____ the thief yesterday.
less
4. That shop (close) _____ on Friday and didn't 1. There are _____ people working today.
open again. 2. Our team has won _____ matches this year.
5. My car (stop) _____ and I had to take a taxi. 3. Try to eat _____ salt.
6. They (bring) _____ a present for each of us. 4. _____ letters have arrived this month.
5. Sheila had _____ time to study for this exam.
6. He actually paid _____ money than expected.
Fill in with the past tense of the
verbs Fill in with up or
1. They (talk) _____ for hours.
2. I (sleep) _____ all night.
down
3. We (watch) _____ a movie yesterday.
1. Please stand ___ to receive the President. Fill in with fall, feel,
2. She was running and fell ___. fill
3. Calm ___, you will pass the exam.
1. Please ____ in this form to apply for the job.
4. I don't feel ___ to studying tonight.
2. Be careful, don't ____ down.
5. Keep ___ the good work!
3. Today I ____ happy because it's my birthday.
6. Her father decided to hand ___ his entire
4. Don't climb that tree, you can ____.
estate to her.
5. I forgot to ____ the car tank.
6. Christmas will ____ on a Saturday this year.
Fill in with the prepositions up, down, Fill in with the articles a, an or
out the
1. I usually get ___ at 7.30. 1. She bought ___ liter of milk.
2. Tomorrow we are going ___ to the cinema. 2. He's ___ painter.
3. The old house was torn ___ last year. 3. ___ computer doesn't work.
4. Mom, we've run ___ of milk. 4. She wants to be ___ actress.
5. Look it ___ in the dictionary. 5. I love learning English on ___ Internet.
6. What are you doing up there? Come ___! 6. Did you bring ___ umbrella?

Fill in with the past tense of the Fill in with only one
verbs word
1. We (go) ______ to Barcelona last year. 1. The stadium was ____ of people.
2. We (spend) ______ two weeks there. 2. Our TV is ___ working; we have to buy a new one.
3. There (is) ______ many tourists.
4. We (rent) ______ a small house. 3. Ned fell ______ at 10pm and he woke up at 7am.
5. We (visit) ______ many places there. 4. Today there are no clouds, the sky is _____.
6. We (take) ______ many photographs. 5. We have run ___ of sugar. Remember to buy some
tomorrow.
Fill in with the prepositions at, on, 6. I ___ speak English but I can't speak Russian.
from
1. This house is ______ sale. Fill in with the past form of the
2. Our shop is open ______ Monday to Friday. verbs
3. We will arrive ______ five o'clock. 1. Yesterday they (go) ______ to the cinema.
4. The bank is ______ Main Street. 2. They (buy) ______ the tickets and waited in
5. Her birthday is ______ February 26th. line.
6. My neighbour comes ______ Germany. 3. The film (start) ______ at 4.30.
4. The film (end) ______ at 6.30.
Fill in with the plural form of the 5. They (have) ______ dinner after that.
words 6. And then they (take) ______ a bus to go back
1. She bought two (kilo) ______ of meat. home.
2. There were only four (woman) ______ in the
supermarket. Fill in with 'do' or
3. We have three (child) ______. 'make'
4. Oh, my (foot) ______ hurt! 1. ______ a favour.
5. The police caught the (thief) ______ last night. 2. ______ the bed.
6. Mum, where are the (knife) ______? 3. ______ business.
4. ______ a change.
Fill in with for or 5. ______ an exercise
since 6. ______ money.
1. I have lived here ____ ten years.
2. I have been studying English ____ 2005. Fill in with 'say' or
3. We haven't had a storm like this ____ 30
years.
'tell'
4. Paul hasn't eaten ____ 8 o'clock this morning. 1. ______ a story.
5. Paul hasn't eaten ____ ten hours. 2. ______ hello.
6. I haven't seen Sally ____ last November. 3. ______ the truth.
4. ______ a prayer.
5. ______ the time
Fill in with only one 6. ______ a lie.
word
1. He was not ______ attention in class and now
he doesn't know how to make the exercise.
2. Will you ______ pass me that book?
3. Sheila is going to get married __ James.
4. She can't talk, she has ____ her voice.
5. This bag is 10kg __ weight.
6. I will give you your ticket back __ arrival.