Creating Cloze Exercises
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, is about creating
cloze exercises using drop-down boxes in a text document.
Curriculum reference
English
Prerequisites
Knowledge of a word processing program. (The process recorded here is using Word.)
Resources
Word processing program, for example:
- Microsoft Word
- Corel Word Perfect
Possible context
- Use any story used in a reading programme from shared through to independent approach, or written by students.
- Exercises in parts of speech for example, verbs, nouns etc.
- Synonym or antonym exercises
Suggested process
- Open up a word processing document.
- Type in the text and at the point you want to insert the drop
down box.
- Go to View – Toolbars – Forms – Drop down form.
- Double click this and then proceed to add in your choices of
words.
- Highlight and change the colour of the font to make it easier
to see.
- You need to leave at least 5 spaces between this and the next
word.
- Protect the document: Tools – Protect document – Forms (you
can choose whether a password is necessary or not). – At
this stage an arrow appears next to the word, which when clicked
on shows a list of the words that you have entered as a choice.
Protecting the sheet also means it can be used without the fear
of users corrupting the exercise.
Further considerations
Students could send it to users as an email attachment.
Author
Kaye Griffin kayegriffin@yahoo.com
September 2000
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