Andrea Marcano

Change the following sentences to Cleft Sentences:

Level 12-B/SP

Remember to use what as a cleft sentence:

1. The police interviewed all the witnesses to the accident first.

What the police interviewed first were all the witnesses to the accident.

2. You shouldn’t invest all your money in that company.

What you shouldn’t do is invest all your money in that company.

3. Our thoughts condition our feelings.

What condition our feelings is/are our thoughts.

Our thoughts is/are what condition our feelings.

4. Many people don't know that Thomas Cook was a very religious man.

What many people don’t know is that Thomas Cook was a very religious
man.
Thomas Cook was a very religious man is what many people don’t know.

5. I want a new coat for Christmas.

What I want is a new coat for Christmas.

A new coat for Christmas is what I want.

6. The film was great. I liked most its special effects.

The film was great, what I liked most were its special effects.
The film was great. Its special effects were what I liked most.

7. I enjoyed the brilliant music most of all in the Ballet Frankfurt performance.

What I enjoyed was the brilliant music most of all in the Ballet Frankfurt
performance.
Most of the Ballet Frankfurt performance brilliant music was what I enjoyed.

8. His arrogance really upsets me.

What upsets me is his arrogance.

His arrogance is what upsets me.

9. My daughter is crazy about skating.

 What my daughter is crazy about is skating.
Skating is what my daughter is crazy about.

10. They just want to stay in and watch TV.

What they just want is to stay in and watch TV.

Stay in and watch TV is what they just want.

11. It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”

What is health being real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

12. I just need ten minutes to finish this task.

What I need is 10 minutes to finish this task.

To finish this task what I need is 10 minutes.

13. I don't like his clothes.

What I don’t like is/are his clothes.

His clothes is/are what I don’t like.

14. You should go on a diet.

What I should go is on a diet.

15.  Money is the thing people care about nowadays.

What people care about nowadays is money.

16. His attitude towards other people really annoys me.

What really annoys me is his attitude towards other people.

17. Obesity rather than cancer is now the major cause of death in the UK.

What is the major cause of death in the UK is obesity rather than cancer
now.

18. Marie Curie discovered radium and polonium.

What Marie Curie discovered was radium and polonium.

19. She told me that she was leaving the country for good.

What she told me was that she was leaving the country for good.
20. The world is getting hotter. This terrifies me.

What terrifies me is that the world is getting hotter.