Day  3: Give Me A Clue (II)

Hi, I’m Teacher Rosalind from Fun Language Learning. This is the third article of the 14 Closely Guarded Cloze Tips series brought to you by LearnSuperMart and Fun Language Learning.

As a bilingual specialist, I help Primary and Secondary school students achieve their desired grades in English and Chinese by guiding them to develop effective language learning strategies and skills.

1. Background Clues are just as important as Language Clues in identifying suitable words that fit the blanks.

Here are some examples of Background Clues. Have a go at the blanks and check the suggested answers below.

Background Clue	What is it?	Ask yourself	Example
Listing	States a few things that belong to the same category or gives examples	Is there a colon (:)? Are there words like ‘and’ and ‘include’? What is a logical thing to list under this category?	I always carry these items in my wallet: coins, notes and my family i) _________.
Explanation/ Definition	Gives more information about a concept or subject	Does the next sentence explain the one before that? Is there a semicolon (;) or dash (--) in the sentence before?	Jwenda has an excellent memory. She can ii) _________ random events that happened a few weeks ago.
Comparison	States the similarity between two things	Is the blank enclosed in commas? Are there words like ‘also’ which suggest similarities? Is there a synonym I can use?	Hong Kong is densely populated, just as Singapore iii)_________.
Contrast	States the difference between two things	Are there words like ‘but’ which suggest differences? Is there an antonym I can use?	Sue is anxious about the results but Jack is iv) _______about it.
Cause and effect	States the reason and result	Are there words like ‘so’ which suggest a cause-effect relationship?	I had been practising hard so I was not surprised that the performance turned out v) _______.

 

 

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