Cloze Test
🔒 Log in to trackOne short passage with five numbered blanks, attempted as a single set — 5 marks that reward method over memory. Most blanks are decided by the passage's tense anchor, clause logic or a fixed collocation, so a trained routine converts cloze into the most reliable scoring block in the English section.
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3 exam-level questions worked step by step.
66 questions — untimed practice or a timed test with analysis.
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Questions per shift in recent SSC CGL papers.
Test difficulty mix (66 questions)
Question patterns exams keep repeating
Taken from previous-year papers. If a pattern is marked "very common", expect to see it in your exam.
Verb form blank
very commonThe options are one verb in different forms, like made / make / making.
Find the time clue in the passage (last January, every day, now).
Pick the form that fits that time and the subject.
'Last January the terrace became a workshop. Every evening he and his son ___ new kites.' Options: made / make / making / maker
'Last January' shows past time
We need a full verb in the past
'making' is not a full verb and 'maker' is a noun
Answer: made
Linking word blank
very commonThe blank sits between two clauses, or starts a new sentence. Options are words like but, because, moreover.
Check if the two sides go the same way or opposite ways.
Opposite: but/however. Reason: because. Extra point: moreover.
'Business has not suffered at all; ___, some customers now order a second cup.' Options: however / therefore / moreover / otherwise
First part: good news for business
Second part: more good news
Both go the same way and add a point
Answer: moreover
Preposition or phrasal verb blank
very commonThe options are small words like to / for / on, or off / up / out, after a verb or adjective.
Most are fixed pairs (ashamed of, depend on, respond to).
For a phrasal verb, say the meaning in plain words first, then pick the particle.
'He is not ashamed ___ his timetable.' Options: of / for / with / from
Learn it as a pair: ashamed + of
The other three do not go with 'ashamed'
Answer: of
Word that fits the meaning
very commonAll the options are correct English, so the meaning of the sentence must decide.
Say the message of the sentence in your own words.
Pick the option that matches it; the clue is usually in a nearby clause.
'The medicine was ___ in curing the fever; the patient recovered within a day.' Options: effective / useless / harmful / slow
'recovered within a day' shows it worked
So the word must be positive
'useless', 'harmful' and 'slow' do not match
Answer: effective
Fixed phrase (verb + noun)
commonThe blank completes a set phrase like take advantage, make room, pay attention.
Look at the noun after the blank and recall its usual verb.
Do not translate from your own language; make, do and take are often mixed up.
'The students ___ full advantage of the extended hours.' Options: make / do / take / give
The fixed phrase is 'take advantage of'
'make advantage' and 'do advantage' are not used
Answer: take
Subject-verb agreement blank
commonThe options differ only in number, like is / are, and a phrase sits between the subject and the verb.
Cross out the words between the subject and the verb.
Find the real subject and match the verb to it.
'The list of names ___ on the notice board.' Options: is / are / were / have
Cross out 'of names'
Real subject: 'the list' (singular)
Singular present verb: is
Answer: is
Article blank (a / an / the)
commonThe options are a, an, the before a noun.
First mention or one of many: a/an. Already known or one of a kind: the.
Use 'an' before a vowel sound.
'On festival day ___ sky above the lane was full of kites.' Options: A / An / The / Some
'sky above the lane' is one particular sky
A particular thing needs 'the'
Answer: The
Answer depends on the whole passage
commonEvery option fits the grammar; only one fits the main idea of the passage.
Read the whole passage first and find its main idea.
Pick the word that keeps to that idea, then re-read with your answers.
'The market sells food, but what it really ___ is company.' Options: paints / sells / measures / imports
The sentence first says 'sells food'
The 'but' line repeats the same idea with a new thing
Only 'sells' continues it
Answer: sells