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Let them practise on their own Fill in the gap

Cloze with a shrinking word bank

The small words are missing, and the bank gets shorter with every gap that comes right.

When to use it

Practice on one grammar point, such as prepositions or tenses, before a writing task. Homework where a stuck learner needs a nudge rather than the answer. Exam-style gap-fills in the last few weeks before a language test.

What makes it this

Built on the Fill in the gap generator with these changed. Everything else is the default.

  1. Word bank

    Players pick from the full list of answers instead of typing them blind.

    In the builder: How it plays › Solving aids

  2. Word bank as a dropdown Off

    Each gap becomes a select list. Switch it off and players type freely, with the bank only as a reference.

    In the builder: How it plays › Solving aids

Preview

View only — copy it to play.

Mind the gap: prepositions, tenses and one classic trap

Type the missing word in each blank. Stuck? The ⋯ beside a blank opens a bank of every word still missing — and it gets shorter as you go.

8 sentences

Why the example is built this way

  1. Every gap has one right answer.

    Take out words the grammar forces, like the preposition after a verb, not words of style or vocabulary. The check is exact, so a gap with two defensible answers marks someone wrong for being right.

  2. Two easily confused words, in different sentences.

    Build the exercise around one pair learners mix up and give each its own sentence. The contrast is what the cloze is really about.

  3. A typed gap, with the bank on request.

    Word bank as a dropdown is off, so learners type and open the bank only when stuck. As a dropdown, every gap becomes a pick from a list and the exercise turns into matching.

Build it yourself

  1. 1 Open the Fill in the gap builder and fill in the Sentences & gaps tab.
  2. 2 Change the settings under What makes it this. Each one says where it is in the builder.
  3. 3 Share the link with your players, or embed the activity in your own site.

Or skip the building: copy this example and swap in your own content.