11+ CEM Cloze Practice

After (mourning, morning, meaning) the loss of his pet (rabbit, aunt, car) Ben was relieved to get into (bath, bed, state).

• morning, rabbit, bath

• meaning, aunt, state

• mourning, car, bath

• mourning, rabbit, bed

The (athlete, internet, construction) pulled a (nail, ladder, muscle) during the hurdles.

• internet, nail

• athlete, ladder

• athlete, muscle

• construction, ladder

• internet, muscle

(Whoever, Whomever, Who) left this nasty note is (well, rapidly, clearly) unpleasant.

• Whomever, well

• Whoever, well

• Whomever, rapidly

• Whoever, clearly

• Who, clearly

We held our (shoulders, yawns, breath) as we waited for the Head Teacher to (cry, announce, distribute) the winner.

• shoulders, announce

• yawns, distribute

• breath, cry

• shoulders, distribute

• breath, announce

The (nurse, librarian, builder) calmly explained that he needed to check my (savings, temperature, speed).

• librarian, speed

• nurse, savings

• builder, speed

• nurse, temperature

• librarian, savings

(Although, Despite, Following) a torrential downpour, the school sports day was (cancelled, unsuccessful, developed).

• Despite, developed

• Following, developed

• Following, cancelled

• Despite, cancelled

• Although, unsuccessful

The (cows, geese, horses) congregated nervously at the starting (barn, door, gate), waiting for the race to (finish, appear, commence).

• cows, barn, finish

• horses, gate, commence

• geese, door, appear

• horses, door, finish

• cows, gate, finish

With no time to (finish, begin, lose) , the experienced pilot landed the plane before the second (steward, trolley, engine) caught fire.

• lose, engine

• begin, steward

• lose, steward

• finish, trolley

• begin, trolley

A low (aeroplane, bridge, crane) links the island to the (boat, bonfire, mainland) but can be flooded at (low, wide, high) tide.

• bridge, mainland, high

• aeroplane, boat, high

• bridge, mainland, low

• crane, bonfire, high

• crane, boat, wide

The (music, letters, audience) applauded the musicians who gave their (notes, all, instruments) to the performance.

• letters, notes

• audience, instruments

• audience, all

• music, instruments

• letters, all