Emphasis with cleft sentences

1.Choose the correct option for the sentences below.

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

4David 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

6Which 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

d.  Paying the mortgage is why he sold his new car

7Which sentence is INCORRECT?

a.  What he sold to pay the mortgage was his car.

b.  His car was to pay the mortgage he sold .

c.  His car is what he sold to pay the mortgage.

d.  It was his car that he sold to pay the mortgage.

8Which sentence is INCORRECT?

a.  What we did was wait for help.

b.  The only thing we did was wait for help.

c.  It's that we did wait for help.

d.  All we did was wait for help.

9Which sentence is INCORRECT?

a.  It was Bill who helped us.

b.  Bill was the person who helped us.

c.  The person who helped us was Bill.

d.  Bill was helped us.

10Which sentence is INCORRECT?

a.  It's music from the 70's that we play.

b.  What we play is music from the 70's.

c.  Music from the 70's is we play.

d.  All we play is music from the 70's.

2.Fill in each gap with a suitable word.

1A: Didn't you arrive late yesterday?

B: No,   was John who arrived so late.

2A: You don't understand me.

B: No,   I don't understand is why you do this to yourself.

3A: Didn't you fly to Denver yesterday?

B: No, it   on Monday   I flew to Denver.

4A: You hurt him!

B:   I did is tell him the truth. I think he deserved it.

5A: Didn't we meet at this bar?

B: No, the   where we met for the first time was that karaoke bar in Brooklyn. Don't you
remember?

6A: I saw you at the station yesterday.

B: No, the person   you saw yesterday at the station was my twin bother.

7A: You did it for the money.

B: No, the   why I did it was to save the company.

8A: What happened then?

B: The only   I remember is something hitting the back of my head.

9A: Did you call the police?

B: No, what I   was hide in the bedroom.

10A: You did this to me!

B: No, I didn't. It was Sean   did this to you.

3.Complete the second sentence so that it emphasises the underlined words. Do NOT use contractions.

1I need one hour to fix the computer.

All  .
2Tim spread the rumour.

 the rumour was Tim.

3We are not questioning your hard work.

It isn't  .

4I used to live in that house over there.

The place   is that house over there.

5We checked all the windows.

 check all the windows.

6We sold everything except the couch.

The only   was the couch.

7We arrived in Madrid in the evening.

It was  .

8You need to sign here.

All  .

9I would never ask Peter out.

The last   is Peter.

10My cousin told us what had happened.

It was  .