CLOZE READING
CLOZE READING
This article Cloze Reading includes exercises on various English grammar and composition topics.
CLOZE READING AND MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
PASSAGE 1
Cloze reading from English Grammar and Composition
For me, the (1) and those nights dissolved into a little flame of fire. Those flames of fire for hours made us live in a wonderland. They also made us live in a (2) fair of fireflies and made us (3) there’s nothing that can blow those divine lights (4). In my mind, I can still hear the jingling sounds of (5) tiny bells. Those were the bells that grandma used to ring during the puja.
1.(a)darkly
(b)dark
(c)darkness
(d)darker
2.(a)magnificent
(b)magnificently
(c)magnificence
(d)magnification
3.(a)belief
(b)believe
(c)believably
(d)beliefs
4.(a)from
(b)of
(c)for
(d)off
5.(a)these
(b)this
(c)those
(d)that
ANSWERS
1(c)
2(a)
3(b)
4(d)
5(c)
CLOZE READING AND MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
PASSAGE 2
CLOZE READING FROM ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION
To be very simple, a checklist is a list of items required and things to be done. They are also pointing to be considered and used as a reminder. This is clear. But is the (6) implication equally clear? Perhaps not. A checklist is purely objective and no (7) is involved. That means, if the checklist is framed as a set (8) questions, the answer to every question can only be a binary “Yes” (9) “No” and nothing in between. Not even a shade of grey. Such objectivity Is the very antithesis of the education system today. It is both in the way teaching happens and in the (10) of the student.
6.(a)consequences
(b)consequence
(c)consequential
(d)consequentially
7.(a)subjectiveness
(b)subjective
(c)subjectivity
(d)subjects
8.(a)of
(b)off
(c)for
(d)from
9.(a)and
(b)or
(c)but
(d)also
10.(a)evaluative
(b)evaluate
(c)evaluable
(d)evaluation
ANSWERS FOR CLOZE READING
6(c)
7(c)
8(a)
9(b)
10(d)
CLOZE READING AND MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
PASSAGE 1
COMPREHENSION PASSAGE FROM ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION (11-15)
MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
I don’t know if the Madras Photographic Society is related to the recently announced Chennai Photo Biennales, the first year and the following year scheduled for 2018. But who participates or not, definitely deserves a bow to be the world’s first public image. Its founder was a military physician, Alexander Hunter. The community was founded in 1857. It was shortly after the arrival of Lord Canning as Governor-General. Canning and Lady Canning were both lovers of photography and were involved in building the famous Government series, The People of India.
MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
Hunter had already exised, in 1850, and secretly started the Madras School of Arts. The school was taken over by the Government in 1852, and it moved from Popham’s Broadway to Poonamallee High Road. There, he and the eight-member committee reviewed the programme and offered two streams. They were namely Industrial and Artistic. Hunter was appointed to manage the center. He renamed the Government School of Industrial Arts, in 1855. It was the first official Art school in the country. In it, Hunter introduced Photography.
MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
Hunter retired in 1868, to succeed Robert Chisholm. No bad photographer, Hunter has encouraged the School. Now it is the Government College of Arts and Crafts to create a collection of photographs. Unfortunately, little remains of his works, especially the monuments of South India captured by Government photographer Linnaeus Tripe and his assistant C Iyahsawmi.
CLOZE READING AND MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
Hunter himself made a series of statues of the ‘Seven Pagodas’ (Mahabalipuram) and worked with his wards on images of the five hill tribes of the Nilgiris. It was not to be awarded the School award when Hunter appealed to the Governor to provide us with suitable buildings. They came to the PH Road site during Chisholm’s time and design – and they stayed there.
QUESTIONS
11.Besides Artistic what other course was offered in the past Madras School of Arts?
(a) Industrial
(b) History
(c) Journalism
(d) Arts
12.Where did Google College of Arts and Crafts transfer Robert Chisholm’s term?
(a) Nilgiri Hills
(b) Popham’s Broadway
(c) Poonamallee High Road
(d) Government accommodation
13.Who was in charge of the Government School of Industrial arts before Chisholm?
(a) Hunter
(b) Lady Canning
(c) Honors
(d) Tracks
14.Who is known for creating the famous ‘People of India’ series?
(a) Alexander Hunter
(b) Robert Chisholm
(c) Linnaeus Tripe
(d) Lord Canning
MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
15.Alexander Hunter belonged to ____.
(a) Photographer
(b) Artist
(c) Educator
(d) Physician
ANSWERS
11(a)
12(c)
13(a)
14(d)
15(d)
COMPREHENSION PASSAGE FROM CLOZE READING
PASSAGE 2
COMPREHENSION PASSAGE FROM CLOZE READING
MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
It is a work of love and the result of extensive research. Chikankari – The Lucknawi Tradition is a book written by Paola Manfredi, of Italy. It is a book depicting her long-standing closeness to length and art. Lucknow’s chancellor is known all over the world but very little is made or written. Texts or elements have already been developed but this book is the first of its kind, which aims to write about this great treasure called Chikan.
MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
While other books tend to rely on second material, with exhaustive references and quotes, Paola Manfredi has filled her tome with passionate grassroots-level research. And this has made the book extremely interesting. Great details about the personal journey, with all the quirks and practicality of the road map, make this book refreshing. As Paola points out in the book, it is not academic or academic research but most secular literature in the world of chikankari.
MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
Paola questions the use of chikan as a word for embroidery. She highlights that it was a broader connotation encompassing haute couture and the fine art of making a garment and embroidering it and finishing it with finesse. She is no stranger to chikankari because she has worked with SEWA and a few artists.
MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
Her love is of white embroidered on white and this is also called chikan. Paola came to India to work in the textile export industry and, as she puts it, “If you love textiles… India is heaven, a treasure trove of endless treasures.”
QUESTIONS ON MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
16.Name one type of garment design style that Paola loves.
(a)Embroidery on cotton cloth
(b)Colourful embroidery
(c)White on white embroidery
(d)Silk work on khadi cloth
17.Why did Paola come to India?
(a)To visit Lucknow
(b)To write a book
(c)To study chikankari
(d)To study in textile exports
CLOZE READING AND MAGNIFICENT GRAMMAR EXERCISE
18.When did Paola get her first experience of chikankari?
(a)When she was still in Italy.
(b)When she was working with SEWA.
(c)When she started writing her book on chikankari.
(d)When she was looking to buy some haute couture.
19.The book ‘Chikankari – A Lucknawi Tradition’ is best described as a ____ the art of chikankari.
(a)documentation of
(b)academic research on
(c)dissertation on
(d)report on
20.What makes the book, ‘Chikankari – A Lucknawi Tradition’ interesting?
(a)It is based on personal experience and observation
(b)It contains all types of chikan designs
(c)It is illustrated to highlight the beauty of the art
ANSWERS
16(c)
17(d)
18(b)
19(a)
20(a)
