CLOZE PROCEDURE

A. QUESTION ABOUT VERB

V1 are V3
V1(-s/-es) is V3
V2 was/were V3

have V3 have been V3

has V3 has been V3
had V3 had been V3

am/is/are V-ing am/is/are being V3

was/were V-ing was/were being V3

have been V-ing have been being V3

has been V-ing has been being V3
had been V-ing had been being V3

modal + V1 modal + be V3
modal + have V3 modal + have been V3
modal + be V-ing modal + be being V3

B. QUESTION ABOUT WORD FORM

TO BE___ADJECTIVE___

___ ADJECTIVE___NOUN

VERB___ADVERB___

___ ADVERB___ VERB

___ ADVERB___ADJECTIVE

___NOUN___OF NOUN

DETERMINER___NOUN___

NOUN___VERB___NOUN

DERIVATIVE FOR ADJECTIVE

 -IVE imaginative, creative, active  -OUS dangerous, suspicious, famous

 -FUL beautiful, powerful, skillful  -AL astronomical, economical
 -LESS jobless, homeless, powerless  -IC basic, sympathetic, automatic
 -Y wealthy, hairy, healthy  -FIC scientific, specific
 -LY friendly, monthly, daily,  -RY sanitary, observatory,
costly imaginary
 -ABLE reasonable, adaptable, degradable  -NT urgent, violent, different
 -ISH reddish, childish, yellowish

DERIVATIVE FOR NOUN

 -ION collection, confusion, correction  -MENT agreement, appointment

 -ANCE attendance, difference  -NESS carelessness, clearness
 -ER, -OR actor, practioner, engineer  -IST,-ANT typist, applicant, merchant
 -URE failure, furniture, mixture  -AL arrival, approval, proposal
 -AGE carriage, package, marriage  -ITY creativity, relativity, ability
 -Y, -ERY delivery, discovery, boundary  -HOOD brotherhood, neighborhood
 -SHIP leadership, relationship  -LOGY terminology, cardiology
 -IAN historian, librarian, veterinarian  -TH, -HT warmth, depth, weight, height
 -EE employee, interviewee  -RESS actress, stewardess, waitress
 -ING cleansing, painting, swimming  -UM, -IA referendum, bacteria, sanitarium
 -ISM idealism , narcissism, liberalism

C. QUESTION ABOUT CONJUCTION

COORDINATING CONJUNCTION:

S P O. Furthermore, S P O.
S P O. In addition, S P O.
S P O. Moreover, S P O.

CONTRASTING CONJUNCTION:

S P O, but S P O. S P but P.
S P O although S P O. S P O even though S P O.
S P O despite O/V-ing. S P O in spite of S P O.
S P O, while S P O S P O, whereas S P O.
S P O. However, S P O. S P O. Nevertheless, S P O.
CAUSALITY CONJUNCTION:

S P O because S P O. S P O for of O/V-ing.

S P O because of O/V-ing. S P O. Therefore, S P O.
S P O due to of O/V-ing. S P O. Thus, S P O.
S P O so that S P O. S P O. Hence, S P O.
S P O in order to V1. S P O. Consequently, S P O.

D. QUESTION ABOUT PREPOSITION

about beneath in addition to regarding

above beside in back of round
across beyond in case of since
after by means of in front of through
against concerning in spite of throughout
along despite near to
along with during next toward
apart from except of unlike
around excepting off under
as except for on underneath
as for for out up
at in outside upon
before into over up to
behind inside on top of with
below instead of out of within

EXAMPLE

Noun + Prep Verb + Prep

 approval of  apologize for Adjective + Prep
 awareness of  ask about  afraid of
 belief in  ask for  angry at
 concern for  belong to  aware of
 confusion about  bring up  capable of
 desire for  care for  careless about
 find out  familiar with