Chinese Cloze Tests & Practice
Cloze tests and practice activities help you strengthen your Chinese by filling in missing words or characters using context clues. They challenge you to go beyond recognizing vocabulary and actually figure out what belongs in a sentence based on meaning, grammar, and context. Use the resources below to test your Chinese level or practice with ready-made cloze and fill-in-the-blank exercises that sharpen vocabulary, reading comprehension, and your feel for how Chinese sentences fit together.
Cloze Practice Exercises
★ Practice choosing the right Chinese word from context with four difficulty levels and sentences that change daily. Chine.in Fill in the Blank is a free exercise with a pool of 728 sentences that tests grammar and word choice through multiple-choice questions, with levels ranging from pronunciation and meaning clues to longer sentences with no hints. Practice particles, negations, adverbs and other words in sentences drawn from the site's dialogues.
Free Web-Based
★ Builds vocabulary in context with thousands of fill-in-the-blank sentences. Clozemaster is a gamified language-learning tool for practicing Mandarin vocabulary through cloze exercises, with sentences organized by word frequency and options for multiple-choice, text-input, and listening practice. A free account allows up to 30 sentences per day, while Clozemaster Pro provides unlimited practice and additional features. Visit their website. Available on Android and iOS.
Free Web-Based / App
★ Five HSK-aligned exercise types provide fresh practice for grammar, listening and reading. Hanbeego offers sentence reordering, fill-in-the-blank, listening fill-in-the-blank, listen-and-reorder and cloze reading exercises generated from level-specific vocabulary, dialogues and reading passages, with new shuffled questions on repeat attempts. HSK 1 is free, while HSK 2–9 and advanced features require Premium. Practice on their website. Available on Android and iOS.
Free / Paid - Web-Based & App
★ Practice vocabulary in context using missing words from real Chinese story sentences. Inklingo Fill-in-the-Blank Exercises let you choose the original missing word from learner-friendly story sentences, then view the complete sentence to see how the vocabulary is used in context. Practice is free with no account required, with sets organized by topic and story level and up to 12 words per round. A free account is only needed to save words to your Word Bank for later review. Practice on their website. Available on Android and iOS.
Free Web-Based / App
★ Practice vocabulary with sentence-based cloze exercises in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Speechling Fill In the Blank is a free tool that asks you to complete missing words in Chinese sentences, check your answers, listen to male or female native-speaker recordings, and optionally record yourself for pronunciation feedback. Practice on their website. Available on Android and iOS.
Free Web-Based / App
★ Practice listening and recall by typing missing words from authentic Chinese video captions. Yabla Fill in the Blank is an interactive listening exercise that removes a word from a video caption and asks learners to type what they hear, with three attempts per question, slow playback and missed words repeated in a second round. Words are selected randomly, making the exercise useful for repeat practice. It is part of Yabla’s paid subscription, although some demo video exercises can be tried free.
Limited Free / Paid Web-BasedTest Your Chinese Level with Cloze
★ Free cloze passages provide a research-backed way to gauge Chinese proficiency from novice through advanced levels. ClozCHI is a free Chinese proficiency cloze test with three passages of increasing difficulty designed to assess second-language Chinese proficiency. It includes an acceptable-answer bank and was validated against HSK levels, with research finding it especially useful for assessing reading proficiency.
Free Web-BasedCloze Worksheet Generators
★ Create customized Chinese fill-in-the-blank worksheets with word banks and optional Pinyin and English hints. Arch Chinese Fill-in-the-Blank Worksheet Maker lets you enter your own sentences, choose which words to remove, and customize word banks, hints, spacing and paper size before generating printable worksheets.
Paid Web-Based