Cloze Passage Worksheets and Reading Practice
Turn any passage or topic into a cloze reading worksheet, with the number of blanks and the words you remove under your control.
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Sample lesson
The water cycle · Grades 3–4Level 3 (Grades 4–5): simple sentences, everyday words.
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Why teachers use our cloze passage generator
Cloze practice from the text you're teaching, with the difficulty set by you.
Reading passages with purposeful blanks
Students read real text and fill in the missing words, so you see comprehension and vocabulary at the same time.
You choose how many blanks
Blank out every few words, or only the target vocabulary, depending on the skill you're assessing.
Prints as a reading worksheet
Readable type, real writing space, and name and date lines, with an answer key included.
Ready in about a minute
Reading practice for any unit, without retyping a passage to remove the words yourself.
How it works
Three steps, about a minute.
Add a passage or topic
Paste text, upload a document, drop in a link, or name a topic and let ELTDesk write the passage.
Choose the words to blank out
Set how many blanks, or blank out only the target vocabulary for the unit.
Print with the answer key
Print the student copy and the completed version, or save the set to your library.
Cloze passage FAQs
Common questions about making cloze reading worksheets.
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