GOOD EXAMPLE
GAP FILLING EXERCISE: For
questions 1-10, complete the following article. Use only one word for each
space. The exercise begins with an example (0).
A DNA
fingerprint __of___ (0) every active criminal in Britain
In his
first public announcement ____________ (3) returning from holiday, Tony
Blair promised to deliver a courts system fit for the 21st century. Addressing
police officers in Kent , in
southern England
Mr Blair
declared the justice system archaic, saying it hindered police efforts to keep
up ____________ (5) organised crime, and announced a 107 million package
to expand the DNA database. According to a government spokesman, the database
should hold more than three million samples equivalent _________ (6) almost
the whole criminal class of the UK
'I think
we _______(7) effectively got a 19th century justice system in a 21st
century world,' the Prime Minister said.
'We have
totally failed to keep ____________ (8) to date with the fact that we
have got major organised crime operating in a completely different way to 50 or
60 years ago,' he said.
Mr Blair
stressed that he was ________ (9) favour of so-called zero tolerance and
wanted a law-abiding society based on courtesy _________ (10) others.
The Independent
reasons:
1. the instruction is clear.
2. students will know what they should put on the gaps.
3. example is given to students so they will have a brief idea on the task.
BAD EXAMPLE
BAD EXAMPLE
Read this letter from Ben to his friend Sheila. For
each space, put a relative pronoun:
Whose - Where - when - who - which - that
§
Where it is possible to leave the empty space without a relative pronoun,
write 0 (zero) in the box.
§
Where both which and that can be used,
use that.
Dear Sheila
In your last letter, you asked me to tell you about all the things I did
during the summer vacation.
We went to Vancouver (1) ___________ I have some old friends (2) _________
I haven't seen for about three years. My friend Tim, (3) __________ mother I
wrote about in my last letter to you, came with me and we had a great time. We
flew into Vancouver on Monday 24th, (4) _________ was also my birthday.
The first thing we did was to visit the wonderful aquarium in the
city center (5) _________ there are three killer whales and a whole crowds of
seals, penguins and dolphins. We arrived in the late afternoon (6) __________
all the animals are fed so it was wonderful to see the dolphins leaping out of
the water to get the fish (7) __________ they love to eat so much.
The following day, (8) __________ was cloudy and rainy unfortunately,
we went to a museum (9) _________ they have some dinosaur skeletons
(10) __________ local people have found in the area. The horrible weather never
improved all day so we visited a superb seafood restaurant later in the
afternoon and had an early dinner. The waiters, (11) _________ were all dressed
in traditional fishermen's clothes, were very friendly and told us about the
history of the restaurant (12) ___________ name was The Jolly Whaler. The
restaurant, (13) ___________ has been open since 1888, was once visited by the
American President J.F. Kennedy and his wife Jacky.
The skies were blue on Thursday and
we spent some time out on the sea in a large boat (14) _________ we hired. I
caught a big fish (15) __________ the captain said was the biggest he had seen
this year. I felt very proud! We left on Thursday evening after a mini vacation
(16) ________ helped me to relax a lot and now I have returned to work.
The next time (17) __________ you write to me, you must tell me about YOUR
last vacation.
Bye for now Sheila,
Ben.
reasons:
1. the instruction can be confusing to students whereby they need to put 0 in the some gaps.
2. students will need longer time to answer the questions.
3. too many gaps in the passage.
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gap filling example
gap filling example 2
1. the instruction can be confusing to students whereby they need to put 0 in the some gaps.
2. students will need longer time to answer the questions.
3. too many gaps in the passage.
please click on the links below for more example of gap-filling examples
gap filling example
gap filling example 2
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