Cloze Test Maker
Paste a paragraph, choose the gap interval, print the worksheet. The answer line stays out of the printout unless you want it.
How it works
Paste the text you are already teaching. There is no library to search.
Blank every sixth word to start. Use four for a harder exercise, ten for a warm-up.
Print, hand out, and keep the answer line for yourself.
Example
Four blanks from a short text about dinosaurs:
And an easier version with only two blanks, for a text the class has not seen before:
When a cloze works
- When the missing words can be guessed from context, not from grammar alone.
- When the text was read first. A cloze is a check, not an introduction.
- When short words are left alone — blanking "the" teaches nothing.
- When the answers are available: self-checking beats collecting thirty sheets.
Where a cloze does not reach
A cloze checks recall and context, not comprehension. If a student can fill the gaps from sentence rhythm alone, they have not read the text — so always add one task underneath that uses the content: a question, a summary, a drawing.
What it does not do
It does not understand the text. It removes every n-th word above the minimum length, which means it will occasionally blank a word that makes the sentence ambiguous. Read the output before you print it — that ten seconds is the whole quality control.
Questions
Is my text uploaded?
No. The blanks are computed in your browser; the text never leaves the device.
Can I choose which words get blanked?
Not yet. Right now it blanks every n-th word over the minimum length. Manual selection is the next step if this gets used.
May I use the result in class?
Yes, for your own classroom. Reselling it as your own material is not allowed.
Pair these with a coloring page
Same words, different job: the puzzle keeps them busy, the coloring page gives them something to take home.