What Is a Cloze Test?
A cloze test (also called a cloze deletion test) is a reading comprehension exercise where specific words are removed from a passage and replaced with blanks. Students must fill in the missing words using context clues, vocabulary knowledge, and grammatical understanding. The term "cloze" comes from "closure" in Gestalt psychology — the human tendency to complete incomplete patterns.
This free cloze generator lets you create professional cloze worksheets in seconds. Simply paste any text passage, click individual words to blank them out (or use the auto-cloze feature to blank every Nth word), and generate a printable worksheet complete with numbered blanks, an optional word bank, and an answer key.
Cloze tests are widely used in language arts, ESL instruction, science, history, and any subject that requires reading comprehension. They are an effective way to assess vocabulary retention, grammatical awareness, and a student's ability to use context to determine meaning.
Why Use a Cloze Generator for Teaching?
Creating cloze worksheets by hand is tedious — counting words, erasing them, numbering blanks, building word banks, and writing answer keys. A cloze test maker automates all of this. With click-to-blank selection and auto-cloze modes, you can produce a polished fill-in-the-blank worksheet in under 30 seconds.
Teachers can use this tool to create differentiated assessments by adjusting the frequency of blanks (every 5th word is harder than every 10th). The optional word bank provides scaffolding for struggling readers while still requiring contextual understanding. Pair this tool with our AI Fill-in-the-Blanks Generator for AI-powered question creation, or use the Reading Level Calculator to verify your passage is at the right grade level.