Which practice involves omitting words from a text to create a reading comprehension activity?

• A. Skimming
• B. Drafting
• C. Cloze Procedures
• D. Scanning

Answer: (C)

Removing words from a text to create a reading activity tests a student’s ability to use context to fill in gaps. This practice, called a cloze procedure, presents a passage with missing words and asks students to supply the correct terms by relying on grammar, sentence structure, and prior knowledge. It reveals how well a learner can predict meaning and comprehend text when key words are absent, and it can be adjusted in difficulty by changing how many words are omitted or which parts of speech are removed.

Other common activities include skimming, which aims to grasp the overall idea quickly, and scanning, which focuses on finding specific details. Drafting, on the other hand, is about creating original text, not interpreting omitted words in a reading passage.