tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post3869470617983434524..comments2024-03-19T07:20:33.944+01:00Comments on Random Idea English: Tools - Gapfill Printable Exercise Generator (Version 2)Warsaw Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-68559398542972363742020-05-20T13:43:01.279+02:002020-05-20T13:43:01.279+02:00Hello,
again, this is an amazing block with lots ...Hello, <br />again, this is an amazing block with lots of excellent, helpful information/exercises...<br />However, there are problems with the gapfiller. Some choices won't work. For example the transformation exercises.<br />Th exercise will give you the word that is needed instead of the baseword, as intended by the exercise:<br />Here is a transcript of the exercise.<br />Word transformation - to infinitive or ing-form<br />Choose the correct form of the verb<br /><br /> I am interested in (1) _____________(taking) your class.<br /> They enjoy (2) _____________(watching) movies.<br /> She refuses (3) _____________(to listen) to her mother<br /> We agreed (4) _____________(to work) together.<br /> I need (5) _____________(to study).<br /> I'm curious about (6) _____________(travelling) to Africa.<br /> They postponed (7) _____________(playing) the game because of rain.<br /> They want (8) _____________(to get) good grades.<br /> Michael Jordan is good at (9) _____________(playing) basketball.<br /> I regret not (10) _____________(hugging) my parents.<br /> The criminal admits (11) _____________(taking) the money.<br /><br />I suppose it just needs a small correction in the Java script. Can you help, Will?<br />Thank you so much.Hans-Jürgen Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002959571769334014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-79717514492782438502020-05-12T20:52:40.461+02:002020-05-12T20:52:40.461+02:00Hi,
there are two versions of this Blog (gapfill ....Hi,<br />there are two versions of this Blog (gapfill ....) by Warsaw Will on the internet. The one that you refer to <br />https://random-idea-english.blogspot.com/2012/06/tools-gapfill-printable-exercise.html<br /><br />actually allows exactly that. Look at point 7. There you can choose the format in which you want to do the exercise and one possibility is interactive. I works very well.<br />Cheers<br />HansHans-Jürgen Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002959571769334014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-65081649226302827712020-05-12T14:14:02.222+02:002020-05-12T14:14:02.222+02:00I love this for creating printed exercises. In loc...I love this for creating printed exercises. In lockdown, however, I need to be producing materials like this that pupils can complete online. Does anyone know of a free tool which would produce interactive gapfills?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403406787638181030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-21485319677916970442020-03-24T16:57:12.868+01:002020-03-24T16:57:12.868+01:00Extremely useful.
Thanks a lot.Extremely useful.<br />Thanks a lot.marqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14425366081492768296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-52125128524002248622019-11-20T16:10:41.190+01:002019-11-20T16:10:41.190+01:00Hello,
thank you very much for your blog - it is e...Hello,<br />thank you very much for your blog - it is excellent.<br />However, I found that some optional exercises in treat gapwords for transformation don't seem to work.<br />Can you help?<br />Thanks<br />HansHans-Jürgen Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002959571769334014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-76519663313856167722016-09-29T11:25:37.395+02:002016-09-29T11:25:37.395+02:00The generator is extremely useful! Thank you very ...The generator is extremely useful! Thank you very much for this!tyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848673525359078478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-66470093334074330142016-06-01T23:30:20.786+02:002016-06-01T23:30:20.786+02:00I absolutely love this generator. Thank you very m...I absolutely love this generator. Thank you very much indeed, Sir.AlexPuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763082058263646696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-45746920226140686322016-06-01T04:00:41.645+02:002016-06-01T04:00:41.645+02:00Great work! Thank you very much for your posts, th...Great work! Thank you very much for your posts, they really help me a lot.I want to share this useful tool with my friends, but unfortunately Chinese government banned blogspot.com. So I translated this tool into Chinese and make a second post on my blog under the same CC license.During the translation, I found a tiny bug with Gap word treatment function and fixed it, which seemed to miss a variable definition named altAns.Here it is https://teaink.com/232.html . If there is any problems with second post, feel free to contact me. Thanks!<br /><br />BRAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710510832120754173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-50410560803483307972013-09-09T18:59:39.117+02:002013-09-09T18:59:39.117+02:00Thanks for the comment. Glad you like it.Thanks for the comment. Glad you like it.Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-59675466440951644372013-09-09T11:21:32.905+02:002013-09-09T11:21:32.905+02:00Fantastic, This generator works really well. Just ...Fantastic, This generator works really well. Just what I was looking for. Having so many options is wonderful. My students will now think I am professional!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14641807158610923383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-34885865063749591922013-08-24T11:44:44.738+02:002013-08-24T11:44:44.738+02:00@Tothe Newsom - I think it's fixed now. I'...@Tothe Newsom - I think it's fixed now. I've tried lots of times with both ungapped texts, and they seem to be OK. It was a silly little line missing in the code. Thanks again.Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-44878196328396371082013-08-18T13:20:42.869+02:002013-08-18T13:20:42.869+02:00@Tothe Newsom - OK, I can see there's a proble...@Tothe Newsom - OK, I can see there's a problem: sometimes it works, sometimes it loses a few words from the end of one paragraph and the beginning of the next. I'll have a look a it in the next week or so, and see if I can find out why. Thanks for pointing it out.Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-33180768579802779122013-08-18T13:08:36.958+02:002013-08-18T13:08:36.958+02:00I'm not quite sure what's happening with t...I'm not quite sure what's happening with these numbers. I think it's something to do with you having very short 'paragraphs'.<br /><br />It seems to work on normal texts, however. I've just tried the example wedding text, and that works fine, as does a text I copied from The Guardian. <br /><br />There may be a problem, though, when it randomly gaps the last word of the paragraph. You might have to add in a paragraph return.<br /><br />I've just been trying it with something I posted a week ago and it seems to work:<br /><br />Apparently not. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage, the earliest example in the Oxford English Dictionary of try in the sense of make an attempt involves try and, and they speculate whether it could be even older than try to + verb.<br /><br />What is more recent is the criticism of the idiom, and the divergence in use, starting in the nineteenth century.<br /><br />Bryan Garner, the American writer on usage, has suggested that while try and is seen as a colloquialism in American English, in British English it is regarded as a standard idiom, a point British etymologist Michael Quinion at World Wide World agrees with.<br /><br />This Ngram graph seems to support both these points. The lead of try to over try and in published books only becomes evident around the middle of the nineteenth century, and the difference between them is rather more marked in American-published books (red and blue) than in those published in Britain (green and orange).Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-61663442264495490802013-08-18T12:03:11.074+02:002013-08-18T12:03:11.074+02:00Random gaps don't work.
Any texts with paragr...Random gaps don't work.<br /><br />Any texts with paragraph returns disappears words.<br /><br />Try these two texts. First will have no problem. Second will lose words.<br /><br />one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve<br /><br />AND<br /><br />one two three<br />four five six<br />seven eight nine<br />ten eleven twelve<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01826968341557560359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-72309190818968037032012-06-05T13:02:41.555+02:002012-06-05T13:02:41.555+02:00Thanks Baiba. But you don't need any skills - ...Thanks Baiba. But you don't need any skills - just write a few questions, make a few gaps, press a couple of buttons, and Hey Presto!Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-55617004922507446762012-06-02T15:36:37.719+02:002012-06-02T15:36:37.719+02:00Looks like another useful tool for teachers, thank...Looks like another useful tool for teachers, thanks! I'd love to use your quiz generator but I don't have enough skills. Never mind, I am happy for others :)Baibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02551667101154221124noreply@blogger.com