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Grammar points » B2 – Advanced Grammar » Cleft sentences –
adding emphasis
Exercise 1
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences below.
1 _______________about the place is the weather. a.That I dont like b.The reason I dont like c. what I dont like 2 __________who lent him the money. a. Mary b. Mary it was c.It was Mary 3 What we did is _________ a letter to apologise. a. wrote b.writing c.write 4 The reason why he left___________ the embarrassment. a.was avoid b.is avoiding c.was to avoid 5 ___________ that I realised she was leaving me. a. Not until I read the email b.It was when I read the email c. When I read the email
6 ___________ lent you the money, remember? a.It’s me who b.It’s I c.It’s me 7 __________fame and money, among other things. a. What I want are b. What I want it’s c.What I want is 8 ______________I told everything. a. It was John the person b. The person was john c. John it was the person 9 The place ___________the long beach outside the city. a. I love it’s b. That I love is c. Where I love is 10 It's where they are hiding ___________we want to find out. a.where b.what c.that
Exercise 2
Choose the correct option for the sentences below.
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1 ______ I would do is wait for instructions. a. That I said
b. What I said
c. It is what
d. What said
2 ______ enjoyed most of the trip was the food. a. What I
b. All I
c. What
d. It's what I
3 ______ everything started to fall apart. a. It was 2010 when
b. 2010 it was
c. 2010 was where
d. Was 2010 when
4 David is ______ came up with the original idea. Choose TWO correct options a. the person who
b. that
c. the person that
d. the person
5 ______ is to protect their family. a. The reason why they did it
b. How they did it
c. Because they did it
d. It's why they did it
Which sentence is INCORRECT?
a. It was to pay the mortgage that he sold his new car
b. The reason why he sold his new car was to pay the mortgage
_1_____ I would do is wait for instructions.
- a. That I said
- b. What I saidcorrect
- c. It is what
- d. What said
Question was not answered
We use what in cleft sentences to mean 'the thing/s that'. What I said I would do is wait for instructions. ⇒ The thing that I said would do is wait for instructions.
2 ______ enjoyed most of the trip was the food.
- a. What Icorrect
- b. All I
- c. What
- d. It's what I
Question was not answered
We use what in cleft sentences to mean 'the thing/s that'. What I enjoyed most of the trip was the food. The thing that I enjoyed most of the trip was the food.
3 ______ everything started to fall apart.
- a. It was 2010 whencorrect
- b. 2010 it was
- c. 2010 was where
- d. Was 2010 when
Question was not answered
Instead of the person who, the thing that, etc. we can also use an introductory it, the verb be in any verb tense that we may need, and the element that we want to focus on. The year when everything started to fall apart was 2010. ⇒ It was 2010 when everything started to fall apart.
4 David is ______ came up with the original idea. Choose TWO correct options
- a. the person whocorrect
- b. that
- c. the person thatcorrect
- d. the person
Question was not answered
We can focus on an element of the sentence by using structures such as the reason why, the thing that, the person/people who, the place where, the day when… with a relative clause. Just as it happens with relative clauses, we can say the person who or the person that.
5 ______ is to protect their family.
- a. The reason why they did itcorrect
- b. How they did it
- c. Because they did it
- d. It's why they did it
Question was not answered
We can focus on an element of the sentence by using structures such as the reason why, the thing that, the person/people who, the place where, the day when… with a relative clause. We could also say 'It's to protect their family that they did it.'
6 Which sentence is INCORRECT?
- a. It was to pay the mortgage that he sold his new car
- b. The reason why he sold his new car was to pay the mortgage
- c. What he did to pay the mortgage is sell his car
EXERCISE ON CLEFT SENTENCES
- Mr Palmer saw I could also act. It
- (^) I didn’t invite them. It
- I began to suspect something at that moment. It
- Money is the thing people care about nowadays. It
- His attitude towards other people really annoys me. It
- I didn’t decide to take a short cut across country! It
- The demonstrators didn’t start the trouble. It
- I didn’t suggest having a barbecue! It
- The computer gives me a headache. It
- My uncle Tom came on Thursday. It
- Columbus sailed to America in 1492. It
- I am eating chocolate cake. It
- You have to think about your profit. What
- You must know the needs of your customers. What
- You have to pay attention to the details. What
- The Olympic games first took place in Greece. It
- Rachel’s stereo kept me awake all night long. What It
- Vicky is looking for a job in television.
What
- They booked a holiday together. What 20.We met in Rome.It EXERCISE ON CLEFT SENTENCES KEY
- Mr Palmer saw I could also act. It WAS MR PALMERTHAT / WHO SAW THAT I COULD ALSO ACT.
- I didn’t invite them. It WASN’T I / ME WHO / THAT INVITED THEM.
- I began to suspect something at that moment. It WAS AT THAT MOMENT THAT I BEGAN TO SUSPECT SOMETHING.
- Money is the thing people care about nowadays. It IS MONEY THE THING THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT NOWADAYS.
- His attitude towards other people really annoys me. It is his attitude towards othe people that really annoys me.
- I didn’t decide to take a short cut across country! It wasn’t me who / that decided to take a short cut across country.
- The demonstrators didn’t start the trouble. It wasn’t the demonstrators who / that started the trouble.
- I didn’t suggest having a barbecue! It wasn’t me that / who suggested having a barbecue.
- The computer gives me a headache. It is the computer that gives me a headache.
- My uncle Tom came on Thursday. It was on Thursday that my uncle came. 11.. Columbus sailed to America in 1492. It was in 1492 that Columbus sailed to America.
- I am eating chocolate cake. It is chocolate cake that I am eating.
- You have to think about your profit. What you hace to think about is your profit.
- You must know the needs of your customers. What you must know is the needs of your customers.
- You have to pay attention to the details. What you have to pay attention to is the details.
- The Olympic games first took place in Greece. It was in Greece that the Olympic Games first took place.
- Rachel’s stereo kept me awake all night long. What kept me awake was Rachel’s stereo. It was Rachel’s stereo that kept me awake.
- Vicky is looking for a job in television. What Vicky is looking for is a job in television.
- They booked a holiday together. What they did was (to) book a holiday together. 20.We met in Rome. It was in Rome that we met.
