The Varieties of Cloze Test
In the fixed-ratio method, every n-th word is indiscriminately deleted. n is its frequency that determines the number of deletions.
The interval deletion of cloze test is between 3rd – 11th word.
The most widely favoured for deletion: 5th, 6th, and 7th.
Variable-ratio method omits only certain kind of words which the constructor thinks of the importance for a certain purposes, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, etc.
In modified fixed-ratio method, words are deleted on a regular counting basis, but certain items are skipped. These items include names of persons, places, objects, dates, months etc.