CLEFT SENTENCES (CÂU NHẤN MẠNH) It was I and she that sang together at the party

1. SUBJECT FOCUS (NHẤN MẠNH CHỦ NGỮ) It was sang that I and she together at the party
It + is/ was + subject (chủ ngữ) + that + verb It was at the party that I and she sang together
(đô ̣ng từ): chính ai đó làm ……… 13. Nam’s father got angry with him.
1. My mother loves me most. (mẹ yêu tôi nhất)  It was Nam’s father that got angry with him.
 It is my mother that loes me most.(chính mẹ là người yêu tôi nhất) It was with him that Nam’s father got angry
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2. That man stole my wallet. (người đàn ông đó đã trô ̣m cái ví tiền của tôi) The boys played football all day long.
 It was the boys that played football all day long
 It was that man that stole my wallet. (chính người đàn ông đó đã trô ̣m cái
ví tiền của tôi) It was football that the boys played all day long
It was all day long that the boys played football
EXERCISES 15. The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday.
1. My father usually complains about my students whenever they go to my  It was the girl that received a letter from her friend yesterday
house. It was a latter that the girl received from her friend yesterday
 It is my father that usually complains about my student whenever they go It was yesterday that the girl received a letter from her friend
to my house 16. His presence at the meeting frightened the children.
2. I used to like climbing up tress and pick fruits.  It is his that presence at the meeting frightened the children
 It was me that used to like climbing ip tress and pick fruits It is at the meeting that his presence frightened the children
3. My neighbors always make noise at night. It is the children that his presence at the meeting frightened
 It is my neighbors that always make noise at night 17. My mother bought me a present on my birthday party.
4. We often complains about the noise at night  It was my mother that bought me a present on my birthday party.
 It is we that ofent complains about the noise at night It was a present that my mother bought me on my birthday party
5. You gave her a complains about the noise at night It was on my birthday party that my mother bought me a present
 It was you that gave her a complains about the noise at night 18. The neighbor told them about it.
6. Our English teacher is the greatest teacher in the world.  It was the neighbor that told them about it
 It is our english teacher that is the greatest teacher in the world It was it that the neighbor told them
7. The earthquake destroyed everything two years ago. 19. My friend came to see me late last night.
 It was the earthquake that destroyed everything two year ago  It was my friend that came to see me late last night
8. My recent computer helps me a lots in preparing tasks for my students. It was me that my friend came to see late last night
 It is my recent computer that helps me a lots in preparing tasks for my It was last night that my friend came to see me late
students. 20. That boy scored the goal for his team.
 It was the boy that scored the goal for his team
9. My students’ bad behavior made me sad yesterday morning. It was the goal that boy scored for his team
 It was my student that bad behavior made me sad yesterday moring It was for his team that boy scored the goal
10. The man gave her the book. 21. The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away.
 It was the man that gave her the book  It was the dog that grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away
11. The boy visited his uncle last month. It was at the piece of meat that the dog grabbed and ran away
 It was the boy that visited his uncle last month. 22. The strong wind blew the roof off.
12. I and she sang together at the party.  It was the strong wind that blew the roof off.
It was the roof off that the strong wind blew
2. OBJECT FOCUS (NHẤN MẠNH TÂN NGỮ)
It + is/ was + object (t. ngữ) + that + clause (mê ̣nh đề= ch. ngữ + v. ngữ):
chính ai/ cái gì đó, mô ̣t ai đó làm/ đã làm…
1. I love my mother most. (tôi yêu mẹ tôi nhất)
 It is my mother that I love most. (chính mẹ là người tôi yêu nhất)
2. I bought this motor in 2001. (tôi đã mua chiếc xe máy này vào năm 2001)
 It was this motor that I bought in 2001. (chính chiếc xe máy này tôi đã
mua năm 2001)
EXERCISES
1. My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully.
 It is her doll that my younger always keeps carefully
2. The boy hit the dog in the garden.
 It is the dog that the boy hit in the garden
3. The woman answered the man rudely.
 It was the man that the woman answered rudely
4. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon.
 It was ping pong that the boy played the whole afternoon
5. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday.
 It was the boy that the girl gave a special gift on his birthday
6. My wife gave this T-shirt to me on my last birthday party.
 It was this T-shirt that my wife gave to me on my last birthday party
7. I always keep your picture besides me.
 It is your picture that I always keep besides me
8. He borrowed the money from his close friend – Hoa.
 It was the money that he borrowed from his close friend- Hoa
9. The police arrested the man at the railway station.
 It was the man that the police arrested at railway station
10. The man is learning English. It is learning English that the man is
11. The woman gave him the English book. It was him that the woman
gave the English book
12. She sent her friend a post card.
 It was her friend that she a post card
13. Hoa borrowed some English books from Long.
 It was some English books that hoa borrowed from Long
14. The little boy greeted his grand father in a strange language.
 It was his grand father that the little boy greeted in a strange language
15. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.
 It was the policeman that the pedestrian asked a lot of questions
16. The dog barked at the stranger.
 It was at the stranger that the dog barked
17. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner.
 It is some cakes that my mom is making for our dinner
18. We all saw her husband out side the theater lats night.
 It is her husbund that we all saw out side the theater last night
19. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning.
 It was the roof that Mr.Hao repaired yesterday morning
20. I always meet my students in the café whenever I come there.
 It is my student that I always meet in the café whenever I come there
21. I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago.
 It was this motor that I bought in HCM city some years ago.
22. I met Sasa on the way to my school.
 It was Sasa that I met on the way to my school.
3. ADVERBIAL FOCUS (NHẤN MẠNH TRẠNG TỪ)
It + is/ was + adverbial (trạng từ) + that + clause (mê ̣nh đề= ch. Ngữ + v.
ngữ): chíng nơi nào đó/ chính lúc nào đó, ai đó làm/ đã làm …………..
1.I was born in Can Duoc. (tôi được sinh ra ở Cần Đước)
 It was in Can Duoc that I was born. (chính Cần Đước là nơi tôi
được sinh ra)
2.We often gather for our study at her house. (chúng tôi thường tâ ̣p
trung để học tại nhà của cô ấy)
 It is at her house we often gather for our study. (chính tại nhà của
cô ấy là nơi chúng tôi thường tâ ̣p hợp để học).
EXERCISES
1. We were born in this place.
 It were in this place we were born
2. We often gather for dinner in this restaurant
 It is in this restaurant we often gather for dinner
3. The boy hit the dog in the garden.
It is in the garden the boy hit the dog
4. He bought the book from that corner shop.
 It was from that corner shop that he bought the book
5. She bought him a present at the shop.
 It was at the shop that she bought him a present
6. She makes some cakes for tea.
 It is for tea that she makes some cakes.  ---------------------------------------------------------------
7. His father repaired the bicycle for him. 6. His presence at the meeting frightened the children.
 It was for him that his father repaired the bicycle  -----------------------------------------------------
8. The meeting started at 8.00 a.m. 7. My mother bought me a present on my birthday party.
 It is at 8.00 a.m that the meeting started  --------------------------------------------------------
9. We all bought those things from Susu shop. 8. The neighbor told them about it
 It was from Susu shop that we all bought those things . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. He met his wife in Britain. 9. My friend came to see me late last night.
 It was in Britain that he met his wife  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
11. My mom presented a lap top on my birthday party. 10. That boy scored the goal for his team.
 It was on my birthday party that my mom presented a lap top  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
12. Kathy bought her husband an anniversary gift at a sports shop. 11. The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away.
 It was at a sports shop that Kathy bought her husbund an anniversary gift  ------------------------------------------------------
13. He got married when he was 26 years old. 12. The strong wind blew the roof off.
 It was when he was 26 years old that he got married  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
14. They were having barbecue in the park. 13. The police arrested the man at the railway station.
 It was in the park that they were having barbecue  -----------------------------------------------------------
15. I met her on the way to school. 14. The man is learning English.
 It was on the way to school that I met her  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16. They often had parties on the weekend. 15. The woman gave him the English book.
 It is on the weekend that they often had parties  ----------------------------------------------------------------
17. The police arrested the thief at the railway station. 16. She sent her friend a post card.
 It was at the railway station that the police arrsted the thief  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
18. I gave him a photo album on his wedding day. 17. Hoa borrowed some English books from Long
 It was on his wedding day that I gave him a photo album  ---------------------------------------------------------
19. We planted some young trees in the garden. 18. The little boy greeted his grand father in a strange language.
 It was in the garden that we pleanted some young trees ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20. I met my wife when I was a student at teacher training college. 19. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.
 It was when I was a student at teacher training college that I met my wife  -------------------------------------------------
CLEFT SENTENCES (SUBJECT/ OBJECT/ ADVERD) 20. The dog barked at the stranger.
1. The boy visited his uncle last month.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner.
2. I and she sang together at the party.  -------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. We all saw her husband out side the theater last night.
3. Nam’s father got angry with him.  --------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning.
4. The boys played football all day long.  -----------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. I always meet this student in the café whenever I come there.
5. The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
25. I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago. EXERCISES
 ------------------------------------------------------ 1. My husband watered the flowers every day.
26. I met Sasa on the way to my school.  --------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------- 2. They celebrated their wedding last week.
27. We were born in this place.  ---------------------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. He described his home town in his novel.
28. We often gather for dinner in this restaurant.  ---------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Most girls like spring.
29. The boy hit the dog in the garden.  --------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. My father bought the car for me on my birthday.
30. He bought the book from that corner shop. --------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------- 6. The prince kissed my younger sister at the party.
31. She bought him a present at the shop. ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
32. She makes some cakes for tea. --------------------------- 7. My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully.
33. His father repaired the bicycle for him. ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------
34. I met her on the way to school. ---------------------------------------- 8. The boy hit the dog in the garden. ------------------------------------------
35. They often had parties on the weekend. 9. The woman answered the man rudely. ------------------------------------
------------------------------The police arrested the thief at the railway 10. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon. --------------------
station. ------------------------------------------------------------- 11. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday.
36. I gave him a photo album on his wedding day.  ---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------- 12. My wife gave this T-shirt to me on my last birthday party.
37. We planted some young trees in the garden.  ------
 ---------------------------------------------------------- 13. I always keep your picture besides me.
38. I met my wife when I was a student at teacher training college.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. He borrowed the money from his close friend – Hoa.
39. My father usually complains about my students whenever they go to 15.  -------------------------------------------------------
my house. 16. The police arrested the man at the railway station.
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CLEFT SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE (CÂU RÚT GỌN DẠNG BỊ 18. The man is learning English. ------------------------------------------
ĐỘNG) 19. The woman gave him the English book.
It + is/ was + subject(lấy từ tân ngữ) + that + be + V-ed/ V cô ̣t  ----------------------------------------------------------------
3. (chính……………được …..) 20. She sent her friend a post card
My father gave me a lot of toys. (cha tôi cho tôi nhiều đồ chơi) . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 It was I that was given a lot of toys by my father.(chính tôi được 21. Hoa borrowed some English books from Long.
cha tôi cho nhiều đồ chơi.)  ---------------------------------------------------------
His wife clean the floor every evening. 22. The little boy greeted his grand father in a strange language.
 It is the floor that is cleaned by his wife every evening. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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23. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.
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24. The dog barked at the stranger.
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25. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner.
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26. We all saw her husband out side the theater lats night.
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27. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning.
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28. I always meet my students in the cafee whenever I come there.
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29. I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago.
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30. I met Sasa on the way to my school.
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31. Vietnamese people celebrate Tet as the greatest occasion in a year.
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32. My mother gave me this story book as a birthday present.
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33. Her younger sister broke her classes.
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34. She frightened the children.
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35. My father bought me a lap top for my birthday.
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36. People talked a lot about his house.
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37. The pedestrian asked the policeman for the direction to the post
office.
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38. Fans gave Christina lots of flowers.
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