The Two Boys

Mary Lamb

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1764 to 1847

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Track 1

How to Play Cloze Games

A cloze game is a reading comprehension activity where certain words are removed from a text and you need to fill in the blanks with the correct words. This helps improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and understanding of context.

Type In Mode

In this mode, you can:

Drag & Drop Mode

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Game Features

Winning

When you fill all the blanks correctly, you'll see a congratulations message and confetti animation! The progress bar will show 100% completion.

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Missing Words

I saw a boy with eager eye
Open a upon a stall,
And read as he’d devour it all;
Which when the stall-man did espy,
Soon to the I heard him call,
‘You, Sir, you never buy book,
Therefore in one you shall not look.’
boy passed slowly on, and with a sigh
He he never had been taught to read,
Then of old churl’s books he should have had no need.

sufferings the poor have many,
Which never can the annoy.
I soon perceived another boy
Who looked as he’d not had any
Food for that day at least, enjoy
The sight of cold meat in a tavern larder.
This boy’s case, thought I, is surely harder,
Thus longing, thus without a penny,
Beholding choice of dainty meat;
No wonder if he wish he ne’er had to eat.

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