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Word Skills Cloze Generators
As one aspect of negotiating meaning, language learners should be able to talk about language. I feel this is a skill that they need even from an early age. Basic words skills include being able to talk about synonyms, antonyms, categories, past tense, and naming. All of these are useful for discussing the meaning of words and are helpful for teaching English in English (TEE). If a student asks what a word means I can use these strategies to give them a definition.
In this section, I¡¯ve identified some basic word skills that young language learners need to know and I¡¯ve created simple cloze activities to help reinforce these skills. As an added benefit students will learn or review tons of vocabulary. All of these worksheets are database driven so you can refresh to get a new worksheet. There are other resources for teaching the word skills listed here all over this website.
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Note: Printer settings should be for A4 in order to fit one worksheet per page. If you print on "letter" setting some of the worksheets do not fit on one page.
Word Skill 1: Synonyms
Synonyms Easy (Goes with Young Learners' Synonyms)
Word Skill 2: Antonyms
Antonyms Easy (Goes with Young Learners' Opposites)
Word Skill 3: Categories
Word Skills 4 Naming
Word Skills 5: Word/Category/Description
Word Skill 6: Examples
Word Skills 7: The Past Tense
Past Tense 4 (1,2,3 mixed)
Word Skills 8: Rhyme
Rhyme 1 (Short vowel/bossy e)
Rhyme 2 (All mixed)
Other Word Skills Resources:
Young Learner Synonym Worksheets
Young Learner Opposite Worksheets
Young Learner Begins With Worksheets
Young Learners Ends With Worksheets
Young Learners Rhymes With Worksheets
For grammar practice worksheets check out the worksheet generators found here: