Beep Cloze

Teacher reads a familiar text aloud, replacing target phrases with "beep." Students listen and write down the missing phrase from memory — a quick, engaging way to recycle language from a studied text.

Procedure

1. Choose phrases to remove from a previously studied text (e.g., all number phrases, all time expressions, all verbs).
2. Write the removed items on the board in random order.
3. Students turn their texts face down.
4. Read the text aloud at natural speed, saying "beep" in place of each removed phrase. Pause briefly after each beep.
5. Students write down which phrase goes in each gap.
6. Students compare with a partner.
7. Re-read the original text (or students check their own copies).

Tips

• No preparation of printed materials needed — just the text and a board.
• The board list provides scaffolding; for a harder version, don't display the list.
• Works with any category of language: numbers, collocations, prepositions, verb forms.
• Quick and easy to do — ideal for recycling a text from a previous lesson.