About Part 2 Open Cloze

You will read a short text which has 15 gaps. For each gap you have to fill in the missing word. In the exam you transfer your answer to a special answer sheet. Part 2 tests your knowledge of grammatical structure.

Now try our exercises

1. Pronouns
The missing word is sometimes a pronoun such as 'you', 'her', 'she'. Try this exercise to see how well you can identify them:
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2. Relative pronouns
Words like 'that', 'which', 'who' are often the missing word.
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3. Articles/Determiners
Articles, 'a', 'the' and determiners like 'much', 'many', 'all', 'enough' etc. are often required.
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4. Modal/Auxiliary Verbs
Verbs like 'must', 'can', 'be' and other modal or auxiliary verbs are often the missing word.
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5 Adverbs and Conjunctions
Linking words 'however', 'yet' etc. and adverbs 'barely' 'often' will sometimes be the word you are looking for.
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6 Prepositions (including those found in phrasal verbs)
You may find that either the verb or the preposition of a phrasal verb is gapped.
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7 Noun/Verb collocations
You will sometimes find that the missing word collocates very strongly with another word.
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Dos and don'ts

Read the title and text through before you start filling in the missing words. Make sure your spelling is correct or you won't get a mark.

How to improve

Learn and record phrases, not just individual words. Get a new collocation and phrasal verb expression every day from our FREE Word Bank exercise.

Try a test

Try an online Use of English Part 2 (Open Cloze) test in the 'Practice Tests' area.

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