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Complete the word puzzles test vocabulary and logic. Pupils must fill in missing letters or words to finish sentences or create meaningful words correctly.

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Fascinating Fact:

Complete the word puzzles are sometimes called cloze tests in education, where missing letters or words must be filled in.

In 11-Plus Verbal Reasoning, complete the word activities develop vocabulary and reading skills. They encourage learners to notice patterns, improve spelling, and strengthen understanding of language.

Key Terms

Cloze Test: A reading exercise where missing words or letters must be supplied.
Context Clue: Words or phrases around a gap that help identify the missing part.
Vocabulary: The collection of words a person understands and uses.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is a cloze test in education?

A cloze test is an exercise where pupils fill in missing words or letters in a passage, helping assess comprehension and vocabulary skills.

How do complete the word puzzles help pupils?

They help pupils by improving spelling, pattern recognition, and logical thinking while boosting vocabulary and reading comprehension.

Are cloze tests used in real exams?

Yes, cloze tests are used in many exams and assessments to check reading comprehension, grammar knowledge, and language skills.

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1 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
This process is far easier to deal with now that it's all been AUATED.

DOG

HEN

TOM

DOE

A 'tom' is a male cat, and the process is now auTOMated

2 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
We never realised that they had ST so much money on the building.

COB

PEN

HOG

OWL

The key word here is sPENt : a pen (in this sense) is a grown-up swan

3 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
There don't seem to be any more eggs in the KITC.

EWE

ANT

HEN

HOG

(Where else but the kitcHEN?)

4 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
He was injured just after half-time, so the manager sent on a SUBSUTE for the rest of the match.

OWL

TIT

BEE

COD

This little bird made all the difference to the subsTITute!

5 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
Back in the days of letterpress printing, pictures could be reproduced by engraving the image onto a smooth flat surface such as metal or wood: in the case of stone, the process was known as LITRAPHY.

SOW

COW

HOG

ANT

The technical term is litHOGraphy (you may have recognised the '-graph/y' element from other kinds of image-making, such as photography - 'light-writing'). There's a pig (hog) in there, much as there are rats and ants inside several other names of activities and things!

6 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
... And when his mother asked him the question, he went as red as a TROOT.

ANT

BEE

PIG

COD

The BEE may be striped in black and yellow, but BEETROOT is (proverbially) deep red!

7 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
The ground is now so sodden that everybody is PING the clouds will go away and the rain will stop.

HEN

COD

RAY

PIG

Surely, even people with little or no religion may find themselves pRAYing when there is a natural disaster like a flood.
Appropriately or otherwise, a RAY is a type of flatfish (quite apart from its other meanings)

8 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
'And don't you ever dare come here again,' said the big man with a SL.

DOG

PIG

COW

HEN

The correct word should be SCOWL

9 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
She finds her present job incredibly FRUSTING a lot of the time now.

RAT

COW

DOG

EWE

The work seems to be frustRATing her.
Urban legend has it that (in Europe, at least) nobody is ever more than a few metres away from a rat!

10 .

Pick the three-letter creature that would most sensibly complete the word in capitals in the sentence.
They say that the Second World War was shortened by about two years, thanks to the EBREAKERS in a top-secret centre who were able to read enemy messages by 'cracking' them with a powerful computer.

CAT

DOG

PIG

COD

Perhaps the CODebreakers were 'fishing' for information.
(Actually, the story of how Bletchley Park staff broke the German ENIGMA code is fascinating ... and if you're into Verbal Reasoning with all its coding exercises, this might be an interesting adventure for you to study in its own right!)

Author: Ian Miles (Linguist, ESL and RE Quiz Writer & Tutor)