A metronome can become a crutch: you follow the click instead of feeling the beat yourself. A gap click fixes that. It plays for a few bars, goes silent for a few, then comes back, and you find out at once whether you were still on time.
The metronome above clicks for 2 bars and stays silent for 2 at 80 BPM. Keep playing through the silence. When the click returns it should land exactly with you. As you improve, make the silent stretch longer, or add random silent beats in Advanced.