Formative Reading Route: Gap Questions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Formative Reading Route

Gap Questions

Learning Goal

• I know how to answer multiple choice gap questions (regular vocabulary) successfully.
  
  

Learning Goal

• I know how to answer multiple choice gap questions (regular vocabulary) successfully.
  
  
• I know what steps to take to tackle multiple choice gap questions (regular vocabulary).

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before the gap.

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before the gap.
   
2. Read the part of the text after the gap.

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before the gap.
   
2. Read the part of the text after the gap.
   
3. What kind of word is missing (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition).

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before the gap.
   
2. Read the part of the text after the gap.
   
3. What kind of word is missing (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition).
   
4. Write down the word (or words) which you believe fits the gap best.

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before the gap.
   
2. Read the part of the text after the gap.
   
3. What kind of word is missing (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition).
   
4. Write down the word (or words) which you believe fits the gap best.
   
5. Compare your own option with the answers given (a,b,c,d?).

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before the gap.
   
2. Read the part of the text after the gap.
   
3. What kind of word is missing (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition).
   
4. Write down the word (or words) which you believe fits the gap best.
   
5. Compare your own option with the answers given (a,b,c,d?).
   
6. Select the answer which resembles your own answer the most.

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before the gap.
   
2. Read the part of the text after the gap.
   
3. What kind of word is missing (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition).
   
4. Write down the word (or words) which you believe fits the gap best.
   
5. Compare your own option with the answers given (a,b,c,d?).
   
6. Select the answer which resembles your own answer the most.
   
7. If you can’t find find a matching answer, start the process again.
   

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before 

the gap.                                                 

                                  

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before 

the gap.                                                 

2. Read the part of the text after   

the gap.                                                

                                    

Steps

1. Read the part of the text before 

the gap.                                                 

2. Read the part of the text after   

the gap.                                                

3. What kind of word is missing     

(noun, verb, adjective, adverb,  

preposition).                                      

What kind of word is missing
(noun, verb, adjective, adverb,
preposition).

1. noun
2. verb
3. adjective / adverb
4. preposition

Steps

4.  Write down the word (or words)

which you believe fits the gap   

best.                                                       

Write down the word (or words) which
you believe fits the gap best.

Steps

5. Compare your own option with the answers given.

Steps

5. Compare your own option with the answers given.

6. Select the answer which resembles your own answer the most.

Gap text - practice

• Now answer the gap questions of the 'Billy Elliot' text (in reader).
• Make sure you follow the steps practised!

Question 13

1. dream about
2. refuse to go to
3. sneak off to

Question 14

1. exceptional
2. no big deal
3. outdated
4. still not accepted

Question 15

1. find out his secret
2. pick them up
3. steal them from him
4. tell me about it

Question 16

1. dedicated sportsmen
2. feminine guys
3. former athletes
4. skilful coaches

Quizvraag 17

1. Just as
2. Since
3. While

Follow-up

• Problems with steps 1+2
  - Reading strategies (see https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNL-Aq5l9uyBcQjqVQgJ9-qIkomaHJkZr)
  - Vocabulary: https://quizlet.com/JOANCHAD/folders/exam-vocabulary-havo-mavo
• Problems with steps 3+4
  - Word forms (gap fill route)

Follow Up

Now do the other texts in the reader

Answers

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15. B

16. C

17. A

18. B

19. B

20. D

Lads' mags cause obsession

18. B

19. C

20. A

21. B

22. D

23. C

24. A

No Einstein in your crib? Get a refund

30. B

31. C

32. D

33. A

34. A