Name: ___________________ Date: _____________

Cloze Activity

The following passage has been taken from chapter 5.  read it through entirely and then fill in each with a word that makes sense in context.  Afterwards, you may compare your language with that of the author.

        Milo started thinking about how wonderful it would be to be perfect.  He wouldn't have to bother going to ____________ anymore.  What could anybody teach a perfect ____________?  Maybe he could become a major leaguer, ____________ world's best pitcher.  He'd throw only perfect ____________.

        He was so close now.  If only ____________ could hang on for one more day, ____________ would be the only perfect person he ____________ ever met.  But after about half an ____________, he couldn't think of much more to ____________ about.  When it came to perfection he ____________ all thought out.

        He tried thinking about ____________, but he'd already thought about him about ____________ much as he wanted to.  He listened ____________ the sounds of traffic on the ____________.  It was sort of interesting trying to ____________ out the cars from the motorcycles and ____________ for a while, but then the traffic ____________ died down and got boring.  He listened ____________ his stomach digest his dinner, but after ____________ and gurgling for a few minutes, it ____________ laryngitis and hushed to a whisper.  A few sips of tea helped his stomach regain its voice, but it tended to repeat itself the second time around.