'Cloze' exercises are reading passages from which occasional words are omitted so that the reader must think of appropriate words to fill the gaps. 'Cloze' procedure provides excellent practice in a variety of reading skills including anticipation, re-reading and using context as a guide to word meanings. It is also helpful for spelling if the student writes the words into the gaps.
The passages chosen for this workbook include short newspaper items and extracts from well-known publications. Many are humorous, others are essential everyday reading. The words omitted from each passage fall into one of 7 categories: beginnings of sentences; descriptive words; key words; nouns and pronouns; verbs; words often confused; and general.
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Additional Information
- Author : Margaret and Hugh Brown
- Series : Brown and Brown
- Topic : Literacy
- Topic : Workbooks
- Publisher : Brown and Brown
- ISBN : 9781870596794