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Use of English

Level B1

Part 6 - Open Cloze

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For questions 1-6, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap.

The Internet

The internet is (0) AN invention that changed the world in ways few people could have imagined. It did not appear suddenly but developed gradually through the work of many scientists and engineers. In the early days, computers were large and expensive, and only a small number of people had access to them. Researchers wanted a system that could share information more easily and connect machines over long distances. This idea became (1) .......... important as technology improved. By the 1980s and 1990s, the internet was growing fast, and more people began to use it at home and at work. Today, it is used in (2) .......... part of modern life, from education to entertainment. It has also made communication much (3) .......... convenient than before. However, not (4) .......... online information is reliable, so users must think carefully about what they read. Even so, the internet remains one of the (5) .......... influential inventions ever created, and it will (6) .......... continue to shape the future.

What to do

This part consists of a short text with a series of gaps. There are no words from which to choose the answers, candidates have to think of a word which fits the gap correctly.

Errors in punctuation are ignored, although spelling must be correct.

Contractions (e.g. don’t, we’ve, won’t) count as two words. However, can’t is a contraction of cannot, which is one word.

Sometimes, there is more than one correct answer. Cambridge will always account for this and all options will be accepted. However, you should not write more than one answer.

Don't spend time in a word you don't know. Wasting time on this activity might cost you points later in the exam because you won’t have enough time to do other tasks well.

Strategy

  1. Read the title and the whole text so that you understand what it is about.
  2. Read the whole sentence in which the gap occurs, to look for clues as to what kind of word you need.
  3. Check the words before and after each gap and look for grammatical collocations.
  4. Remember you must write only one word.
  5. You are never required to write a contraction. If you think the answer is a contraction, it must be wrong, so think again.
  6. Read the whole text through once you have completed it to make sure you have not missed any connectors, plurals or negatives.

Instructions

For questions 1-6, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap.

Exercise Details

Author

Iara Camacho

@iara-a1fde0

User Prompt

"Generate an exercise about the invention of the internet, where the gaps focus on practising adverbs and determiners."

Tone: Standard
Level: B1

Created on:

Oct 12, 2026

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