Interactive Cloze

This is an interactive cloze. After each blank, you will see three options. Click on "H!" to get a hint. Click on "1st L" to see the first letter of the answer.

You can type in an answer in any of the blanks. (The order is not important.) To see if you answered correctly, click on the question mark following the box.

If you answered incorrectly, go back to the hint, which is also an explanation.

NOTE - Make sure to CLOSE the little window that opens before you go on to then next answer!

If you give up, you can click on "ans" to see the answer. Good luck!

The Potato (Part II)

The potato was brought back to Europe where it became a popular food. The
potato is not only a nutritious food that ^{(H! ) (1st L ) Ans )} be
prepared in a variety of ways but ^{(H! ) (1st L ) (Ans )} is also very
easy to grow and harvest.

This readily available, tasty and nutritious ^{(H! ) (1st L ) (Ans )}

became available and helped conquer hunger and malnutrition. As a result, the population of Europe began to increase ^{(H! ) (1st L ) (Ans )} . This rapid population growth was one of the causes of the Industrial Revolution of the 19th ^{(H! ) (1st L ) (Ans )}.

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Hint:

You cannot use "be" by itself, so a helping verb or modal must be missing.

First Letter

The first letter is "c" or "m"

Answer

The answer is "can", or "may"

Hint:

the verb "is" needs a subject. But it is not a real subject-just an empty one!

First Letter

The first letter is "i".

Answer

The answer is "it".

Hint:

after an adjective, you need a noun.
In this case, a potato is a kind of what?

First Letter

The first letter might be a "v" or an "f".

Answer

The answer is "vegetable" or "food"

Hint:

After a verb, you might need an adverb (to describe the verb)
Another hint:the word you are looking for is in the text in another form.

First Letter:

The first letter is "r" or "d".

Answer

The answer is "rapidly" or "dramatically"

Hint

You are looking for a word that means "100 years"

First Letter

The first letter is "c"

Answer

The answer is "century".