PAY 2045 @ EMPHATIC STRUCTURES: CLEFT SENTENCES Cleft moons divided. In a cleft sentence, information which could be given in one ause is divided into two ports, each with is own verb, This way you give extra emphasis to part of the sentence: twas Tom who didn’t want fo come, It Cleft sentences: IT + BE (+ NOT ANO/OR ADVERB) + EMIPHASISED WORD/PHRASE + LAT (WHO) CLAUSE [EMPHASIS ON THE SUBJECT Iwas Mike who took Sally to the party on Saturday. EMPHASSS ON THE OBJECT twas Saly that Mike took to the party on Saturday. "EMPHASIS ON THE ADVERBIAL Iwas on Saturday that Mike tok Sally to the party EMPHASIS ONTHE PREP PHRASE | It wa to the party that Mike took Sally on Saturday. WH- cleft sentences: /H- Clause + BE + EMPHASISED WORD / PHRASE EMPHASIS ON THE ACTION ‘What Mike did was (10) ake Sally tothe party In these sentences WHAT meons THE THING(S) THAT. The WH-dause mus contain a verb, To highlight the action wo uses form of DO in the WHtelouse, The highlighted phrase usually, contains @ bare infinitive or TO + INF. lithe highlighted verb is inthe continuous or perfec, the form of DO matches it The boys are faking Sandy to the match > What the boys are doing is taking Sandy to the match The thing that I most disliked was the colour of her drt. The only thing | wont dois phone her again, All you need is love. ‘to LONGMAN ADVANCED LEARNER'S GRAMMAR, UNIT 34EMPHATIC STRUCTURES: CLEFT SENTENCES EXERCISES READ THE INFORMATION IN THE BOX THEN COMPLETE THE REPLIES. EACH REPLY MUST CONTAIN A CLEFT SENTENCE. icc turned up late for work on Monday because he got suck ina Wali Jam on tho fing road, \Luckly Nick has a mebile phone so he was able to phone his boss and war hor that ho would be late. She was furious but managed to reschedule an important meeting forthe afternoon. Nick was late becouse he overslapt, watn't he? Not that he wa Hate. 2.How on earth did Nick let the boss know he'd be late? Wel, what, call her from his mobile phone, '3.Wasn't Nick late on Wednesday? No, that he was late 4. Nick's boss had fo stort the meeting without him, did't sh No, whet she the afternoon, 5. Didn't Nick get stuck ina traffic jam in the town contrat No, not inthe town centre;it_ got tuck 6.1 heard the boss wos a litle annoyed with Nick for being late No, she wasn’t “alile annoyed”. What FOR EACH OF THE SENTENCES BELOW, WRITE A NEW SENTENCE AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE IN MEANING TO THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE, BUT USING THE WORDS GIVEN INBOLD. 1.We just need 5 minutes to fx it. ALL 2.'m not questioning his dedication. ISN'T ‘3.Those men 6 re totlly ruthless, WHAT ‘A.W inherited everything except the house. ONLY THING 45.You know the soles astston fold me exactly the some 6. We're taking the au-pair with us. DOING ‘rom LONGMAN ADVANCED LEARNER'S GRAMMAR. UNIT 34