Worksheet (6) / unit one

Cleft sentence
Princess Sumaya University for Technology
2nd of Nov, 2020
Instructor: Iman Bani Salameh

Cleft sentence: Is a sentence used to introduce new information by adding***

What
The reason why
The thing that + old information + (verb to be) + (new information)
The place where
)The person who

Q1: Use cleft sentences to emphasize important information

A person's smile is really important to me -1

?What is really important to her -

?Where is the new piece of information/ the more importance -

?Where is the main verb -

What's really important to me is a person's smile****

I tried to help her doing the exercise -2

?What did he try to do -

?Where is the new piece of information/ the more importance -

?Where is the main verb-

****What I tried is to help her doing her exercise

Cleft sentence is used sometimes to emphasize the whole sentence ***

e.g I tried to project a positive attitude

What I tried to project is a positive attitude (emphasize a positive attitude) -1

What I did was tried to project is a positive attitude (emphasize the whole sentence) -2

What+ subject+ verb to do+ verb to be + the whole sentence

Cleft sentence can be introduced by (the reason why/ the thing that/ the place ****
where/ the person who)

I do my shopping at the mall (place) .1

The place where+ I do my shopping+ is +(at) the mall

I am wearing sunglasses to protect my eyes (reason) .2

The reason why+ I am wearing sunglasses+ is+ to protect my eyes

Exercise: Rewrite these sentences as cleft sentences by starting them with the
expressions given in the parenthesis

I am wearing a tie to impress my boss (the reason why) -1

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I lost my watch in the park (the place where) -2

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I remember the intense impression on his face (the thing that) -3

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:Give words from the text that have similar meanings to ***
Possible -1

By accident -2

Try to solve -3

Made to appear worse than it is -4

No change -5

Behaving in an overly humble way in order to be forgiven -6

Things you believe to be true without any proof -7

Admit -8

done in a way to make your own abilities or achievements seem unimportant to other -9