Name____________________

Cloze Procedure

The day passed much as the day before had done. Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley had spent some hours of the morning with the invalid, who continued, though slowly, ________ mend; and in the ________Elizabeth joined their party ________ the drawing room. The ________ table, however, did not ________. Mr. Darcy was writing, ________ Miss Bingley, seated near ________, was watching the progress _________ his letter, and repeatedly _________ off his attention by ________ to his sister. Mr. ________ and Mr. Bingley were ________ piquet, and Mrs. Hurst _________ observing their game.

Elizabeth _________ up some needlework, and _________ sufficiently amused in attending _________ what passed between Mr. _________ and his companion. The _________ commendations of the lady _________ on his handwriting, on _________ evenness of his lines, __________on the length of ________ letter, with the perfect _________ with which her praises ________ received, formed a curious _________, and was exactly in __________ with her opinion of _________.

"How delighted Miss Darcy __________ be to receive such __________ letter!" He made no__________.

"You write uncommonly fast."

"__________ are mistaken I write __________ slowly."

"How many letters __________ must have occasion to __________ in the course of ___________ year! Letters of business ____________! How odious I should ____________ them!"

"It is fortunate, __________, that they fall to __________ lot instead of you__________."

"Pray tell your sister ___________ I long to see her."

"___________ have already told her ___________ once, by your desire."

"___________ am afraid you do __________ like your pen. Let _________ mend it for you. __________ mend pens remarkably well."

"__________ you-but I always __________ my own."

"How can __________ contrive to write so even?" He was silent.

"Tell your sister I am delighted to hear of her improvement on the harp, and pray let her know that I am in raptures with her beautiful little design for a table I think it infinitely superior to Miss Grantley's."

Elisabeth Thomas, 2000