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Integrated Grammar
Integrated Grammar

Cloze (Gap Filling)

Cloze (gap filling) is a practice exercise in which learners have to fill in missing words in
a text. This exercise tests the learner’s understanding of grammar. It contains a short text
with blanks which have to be filled with one word so that the text makes complete sense.

Tick () the appropriate options to complete this passage.

. Junk food (a) ______ become our enemy. Instead (b) ______ nutritious meals we are eating too
(c) ______ unhealthy food. We have sacrificed health (d) ______ taste and are now heading
towards many diseases.

(a) have / are / has / is (b) the / all / of / if
(c) much / many / some / little (d) to / in / about / for

Answers
(a) has (b) of (c) much (d) for

Practice Time

Tick () the appropriate options to complete these passages.
1. Money (a) ______________ important (b) ______________ lead a decent and comfortable life.
Unlike animals and plants, money defines the existence (c) ______________ human society as
we cannot survive without it. Money is (d) ______________ important for food, shelter, and
clothing. Many people believe (e) ______________ money is the root of all evil. But, contrary to
that, I believe and agree that money is the key (f) ______________ human survival.
(a) is / was / are / has (b) to / for / with / against
(c) of / for / at / to (d) much / more / very / too

(e) so / if / whether / that (f) for / with / to / at Integrated Grammar

2. Today’s life (a) ____________ full of stress, which further influences our day (b) ____________
day activities. Meditation helps (c) ______________ reducing stress (d) ______________
affecting our nervous system positively. It has been proved that (e) ______________ practice
of meditation, carried out on (f) ______________ regular basis, mitigates the symptoms of
stress and anxiety. On a physical level, meditation helps (g) ______________ lowering high
blood pressure. It improves the immune system and increases the energy level, as you gain (h)
______________ inner source of energy.

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