PAPER 3: Use of English - Part 2 - Open-Cloze - Tips

PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH (45 MINUTES) 42 questions in total to answer – 40 points in total

PAPER 3: Use of English - Part 2 - Open-Cloze - Tips to remember while in the exam

Part 2: OPEN CLOZE 12 questions; 12 marks

Tips to remember while in the exam

What to look for in Part 2 - Open Cloze:

- First pay attention to the title then the whole text, so that you understand its overall meaning.

- Read the whole text at least 3 times.

- Decide whether the gap should take:

adjective, noun, verb, articles, adverbs, prepositions, demonstratives, relative pronouns, auxiliary verbs, passives, modal verbs, conditional, linking devices, conjunctives, extreme adjectives, et cetera.

- Also see if the word needs to be in a positive/negative form, singular/plural, active/passive, et cetera.

- Check the form of speech missing in the gap.

- Follow the following steps:

Focus on                (before) ________paragraph_________ (after)
(before) ______whole sentence______ (after)
(before) ___________gap___________ (after)

(word(s) before) ____gap____ (word(s) after)

- Once the gap is filled with your chosen word, check again (word(s) before) __gap__ (word(s) after) to make sure it sounds right in context.

- Make sure to write the word in the gap and check to make sure that the sentence sounds and feels good with the word you use.

- To get full marks, the word must be spelt correctly so check spelling.

- Use CAPITAL letters when writing in your answers where required.

- Use one box for each CAPITAL letter.

- Use BIGGER capital letters for proper nouns, etc.

- A hyphen or an apostrophe takes a box of its own.

- Don’t leave any blank spaces.

- Make a good educated guess at least!

N.B.: Check grammar, spelling, and punctuation.