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Level 5: First Certificate/Advanced >> Cloze/Gap Fill Worksheets >> These exercises test your students' ability to fill in a space with a single grammatical word, for example a relative clause, article or conjunction.

Open Cloze Worksheet 4

For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look carefully at the words both before and after each space.

1. When I arrived at the office and saw the boss in such a bad mood, I knew it was __GOING__ to be a bad day for everyone.

2. Although Herman Tullock's book only came __OUT__ a week ago, it has already been surrounded by controversy.

3. I am not angry at you because you failed the exam but because I don't think you __DID__ your best. Sometimes, it seems as though you don't even __MAKE__ an effort and would prefer to ride around the neighbourhood on your bike!

4. For the first few weeks, you have to do simple jobs __LIKE__ photocopying and typing. Then, when you are used __TO__ the office, there will be other things you can do.

5. After arriving at the airport, come out of the main doors and you will see __A__ pedestrian walkway above you. I will meet you there.

6. I wish you wouldn't make __UP__ so many stories. I never know when to believe you!

7. You __NEEDN'T__ have come to work today. Didn't you know it was a holiday?

8. We are meeting at 6pm at Tony's house and then leaving for the theatre an hour __LATER__.