Задания на рациональное заполнение пропусков (rational cloze tasks, разновидность open cloze) входят в экзамены Cambridge уже на протяжении четырёх десятилетий.
Здесь они ограничены пропусками только из одного слова.

Мы использовали оригинальные тексты из экзамена KET for Schools, чтобы создать упражнения типа однопробелки, однословных open cloze (заполнение пропусков одним словом без предоставления списка слов). Предполагается, что выбранные пропуски позволяют легко определить смысл. Это лишь небольшая часть словарного запаса уровня A2. Грамматические темы также представлены только частично. С другой стороны, реальные экзаменационные варианты охватывают ещё меньшие объёмы материала. Если вы хотите найти больше упражнений такого типа, вы можете перейти по этой ссылке, чтобы скачать их.

ChatGPT или Gemini почти всегда успешно справляются с такими заданиями, но всё же в подавляющем большинстве случаев могут предоставить правильные ответы. Вы также можете попросить их ограничить используемую лексику и грамматику уровнем CEFR A2. Если их варианты отличаются от ваших ответов и вы подозреваете, что ваш вариант тоже может быть правильным, вы можете проверить оригинальные тексты с ключами ответов.

Да, для менее чем 10% пропусков существуют другие подходящие варианты заполнения, но мы сосредоточены на лексике и грамматике уровня CEFR A2. Вообще-то Кембридж не соблюдает собственных ограничений по уровням, и, например, слово which употреблено в одном из нижеприведенных текстов в значении, которое находится на уровне B1 на сайте официального кембриджского словаря. А выделительная конструкция it is...that... на Englishprofile.org вообще отнесена к уровню C2, но её всё равно запихнули в КЕТ.

На экзамене предполагается, что кандидат в среднем должен тратить до 1 минуты на заполнение одного пропуска.

Сокращённые формы (например, "it's") считаются одним словом.

1
Boy: Is ___ your horse over there, with ___ white face?
Girl; No. Mine Is the ___ with two white legs. Isn't ___ pretty?
Boy: Oh yes, standing next to the black ___.
Girt: ____ right. ____ you like to ride her?

2

“____, Mrs James. Is Sally at home? I _____ her to come and _____ tennis with me.”
“_____, she isn’t. She’s _____ for a walk across ____ fields.”
“What ____ will she be back?”
“In about an hour _____ she wants to go ____ a swim ____ dinner.”

3
Toby: “_____ I have my ball back, please, Mrs Salter? I kicked it ____ the wall by ____.”
Mrs Salter: “I can’t _____ it in ____ flowers by the wall, Toby.”
Toby: “It ____ in the tree, I think.”
Mrs Salter: “I _____ see it there. Oh, look! It’s ___ the path. Here! Catch!”

4
“Can you drive me ___ my friend’s house this afternoon? The one _____ lives on ___ farm.”
“________ you cycle there, Bella? You don’t get enough ______.”
“_____ it might rain, Dad, and it’s too ______ to walk there.”
“Oh, OK. ______ this is the last _____.”

 

5
“I saw ____ older sister yesterday, Mark.”
“_____ she at the fashion show?”
“No, she was ____ an art competition.”
“Oh, that’s ____. She had ___ take photos of the winning ___. ______ her job.”

6
Girl: “Has Adrian _______ you to his fourteenth birthday ________? ______ in July.”
Boy: “Yes, he ___. ____ it’s in August, isn’t it?”
Girl: “Oh yes, ______. On ____ third.”
Boy: “That’s _______. It’s ___ day after mine, but _______ be fifteen!”

 

7
Mum: “Your room looks really ____, Tim. You _______ to clean it.”
Tim: “But I’ve got some important homework to __________.”
Mum: “OK, do that _______ and then do your _______, and you _______ watch TV until _______ done both of those _______.”
Tim: “_______, Mum.”

 

8
Girl: “Look at this _____ of me at Clara’s party. I hate _____!”
Friend: “What’s wrong _____ it? Your dress ______ beautiful.”
Girl: “The dress is all _____, but my shoes are terrible.”
Friend: “_____ your hair looks lovely and ____ dress is great, so _______ the problem?”

9
Girl: “Oh no... I’ve forgotten my history _______.”
Boy: “Is _______ your next class?”
Girl: “_____ five minutes. Then I’ve _____ science just before lunch and art _____ afternoon.”
Boy: “Here... ________ my book. But _______ to give it back to me after _____. See you _______.”

10

Mum: “_______ would you like for dinner, Sonia?”
Sonia: “Not chicken ______. We’re always _______ that. How about some fish _______?”
Mum: “I haven’t _______ any fish, and it’s _______ late to get ________ from the shop. _____ I’ve got some pizza. You always ___ that.”
Sonia: “OK. That _____ good.”

 

11
Girl: “Did you get that ______ phone for your birthday, Jack?”
Jack: “It was my Christmas _______. I ____ some money from my mum for my birthday.”
Girl: “Oh, ______. What are you going to buy ______ that?”
Jack: “I _____ to _ a bike, but I haven’t got ______. I’ll ____ to save for a ______ months.”

 

12

Boy: “Have you ______ to the new sports centre yet, Lucy?”
Lucy: “Well, I ______ swimming there on Saturday _____ my dad, but it was really _______.”
Boy: “So was it ______ to get a _______ in the car park?”
Lucy: “Yes, it’s _____ not big enough.”
Boy: “Hmm... Did you ______ the café?”
Lucy: “We _________ some hot drinks, but we ________ stay. _______ tables weren’t very clean.”
Boy: “That doesn’t _______ good. But the sports shop’s OK, _______ it?”
Lucy: “Not ______. Everything there costs so _____.”
Boy: “But I _____ they have a good dance club.”
Lucy: “______ right. My sister wanted to _____, but it’s ______ early in the evening for her. It’s a _______ because it’s not expensive to ______.”
Boy: “Do they have any other _____?”
Lucy: “I ______ to the basketball club last week, but it ______ any fun — we didn’t do _______.”
Boy: “But basketball’s really _______! You ________ watch one of the big teams play.”

 

13
Caller: “Hello, is Amy ___?”
Person: “______, she’s gone _____. Can I take a _______?”
Caller: “Yes, _________. My _______ Robbie.”
Person: “How do you _________ that?”
Caller: “R-O-B-B-I-E.”
Person: “_______. I’ve _______ that.”
Caller: “It’s ______ the shopping trip tomorrow. Can you _______ Amy we’re _____ at half past nine ________ of a quarter to nine?”
Person: “OK. ______ tell her.”
Caller: “And we’re not going ______ train _______ more. My brother’s going to ________ us there in his car. He’ll bring us ________ too.”
Person: “_______.”
Caller: “He ______ waiting, so she _____ be ready!”
Person: “OK. _______ else?”
Caller: “Yes! Tell her to bring her ________ things because ________ a really good pool next to the shopping ______.”
Person: “OK. I ______.”
Caller: “And can you ask her to ______ a snack? We _______ have time to go to a café. But we can ____ a drink while we’re _________ around the shopping centre.”
Person: “No ______. I’ll let her ______.”
Caller: “Thanks a ______. Bye.”

14

Boy: “Hi Becky. Are you ________ some cans of lemonade ______ the picnic?”
Becky: “Of _______, and a big pizza.”
Boy: “I’m ______ to take a ______ of juice and ______ cakes.”
Becky: “Chocolate _______, I hope.”

 

15

Girl: “So ________ mobile phone are you ________ with your birthday money, Joe?”
Joe: “The Vox 55. _______ lovely but I have _____ ask my parents _______ thirty pounds. It _____ seventy-five.”
Girl: “That’s a lot ______ money. You _______ buy a lot of CDs for that!”
Joe: “Well, ________ are expensive.”

 

16

Girl: “I need some ______ eggs _____ my cake, Mum.”
Mother: “OK. We can drive ______ to the farm and ______ some.”
Girl: “It’ll be _______ to go to the shop ________ the road, or ______ the market.”
Mother: “I know, but the ____ from _____ aren’t as fresh. It _____ take us long in the car.”

 

17

Girl: “Would you _______ to come to the film on Saturday, Ella?”
Ella: “OK. What ____?”
Girl: “It ________ at quarter to three but we _______ to get tickets, so ______ meet at the cinema at quarter _____ two. It’s a short film — _______ one and a half hours long.”
Ella: “Good. _______ be home before five.”

18

Girl: “My dad drove us to ________ beach yesterday. It was a great day _______.”
Boy: “Really? I’m ______ there tomorrow with ______ friends.”
Girl: “Are you going _______ bus?”
Boy: “It’s the best _______. _____ train station is _____ a long way _________ the beach.”

 

19

Rick: “Helen, we ____ to write about students’ ______ lessons for the school magazine.”
Helen: “____, Rick. My favourite ___ is science. ________ yours?”
Rick: “Well, we have ______ in art lessons, but I’m no ______ at it. I _______ well in maths, so I _________ that to everything else. ______ about Paul? Have you _________ to him?”
Helen: “Yes — at _____ he ________ decide between music and geography, but then he said he _____ like geography ______ as much.”
Rick: “Well, not many people like ______. Sunita said she really _____ history. She likes art _____, but not as ________. What about Robert?”
Helen: “I know he’s ________ interested in English than ______ other subject, but I couldn’t ________ to him because he’s ________ at a music competition.”
Rick: “Holly said her best _________ is Spanish. She’s _________ in science too, but _________ enjoy the lessons as much ________ she doesn’t like _______ teacher.”
Helen: “Oh, ________? I ______ she’s nice. Now, _________ about the...”

 

20

**Joshua**
Mrs Philips was my science __________ when I joined my __________, and she __________ is, so I don’t know __________ the other teachers are like. __________ I think Mrs Philips is amazing. Her lessons always __________ to go really fast — she __________ us so much great stuff to __________. Even when we think something is __________ hard for us, she says she knows we __________ all do it, and she’s usually __________! She also shows __________ drawings, photos and websites to explain __________ things work, __________ I love.

**Dan**
I ______ a fantastic science teacher called Mrs Rhodes. She loves ____ subject — ______ plants. She is _____ to draw wonderful pictures of them on ______ board, _____ helps us understand them. She ______ seems to get tired or bored when she’s ______. She _____ time to get to know ______ student in the class so that she can help ______ better. I think she’s the _______ I want to ______ a science teacher one day.

**Chris**
In _____ one year, Mrs James has ______ my favourite teacher. _____ I joined her class, I was very bad _____ science, but she explained things ______ well that I soon understood _______ better. My marks went _____ almost immediately. She’s always _______ to spend extra time with us at the ______ of lessons if we’re ______ problems. But it isn’t just teaching ______ makes her great. She’s _______ interested in our lives and gives _______ on how to be a better ______.