Cloze Test • Topic 1 of 4

Vocabulary Gaps

Some blanks need the word whose meaning fits the passage. Use the surrounding sentence for tone and look for collocations — words that naturally pair.

Collocations carry these gaps

VerbGoes with
makea decision, progress, a mistake
dohomework, a favour, business
takea risk, a breath, a decision (BrE)
payattention, a visit, respect
Match the tone the passage sets. If a sentence is positive ("the news brought him great ___"), the filler must be positive (joy, not anger). Read the signal words around the blank.

✅ Solved examples

1. She had to ___ a difficult decision.
make (collocation: make a decision).
2. He paid careful ___ to the lecture.
attention (pay attention).
3. They decided to ___ a risk.
take (take a risk).
4. The team made great ___.
progress (make progress).

✏️ Practice — try these, take hints as needed

1. Please ___ your homework.
do homework.
—
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do
2. He ___ a deep breath.
take a breath.
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took
3. She ___ a mistake.
make a mistake.
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made
4. They ___ attention in class.
pay attention.
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pay
5. The medicine gave quick ___ (relief/grief).
Positive.
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relief

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