CLEFT SENTENCES

FOR EMPHASIS

Cleft sentences help us focus on a certain part of a sentence to add emphasis to what

we want to say. We use cleft sentences to connect what is already understood to what
is new to the listener. Cleft sentences let us focus on the new information.
 
Cleft sentences are more common in written English because we cannot use intonation
in written English. (Intonation is the rise and fall in the pitch of your voice when
speaking.)

Cleft comes from the verb to cleave, meaning to divide into two.

Cleft sentences are divided into two clauses. Each clause has its own verb.

There are different types of cleft sentences. The most common types are the IT
sentence patterns and the WH sentence patterns. We will focus on these two types of
cleft sentence patterns in this lesson.

MULTIPLE CHOICE EXERCISE.

1. ________ I bought the golden fish.
A. It was from this shop that   
B. I was from this shop where
       C. It was this shop which               
D. It was this shop that

2. It was Tom _______ to help us.

A. comes
B. that comes
C. to come
D. who came
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3. ________ my parents gave me the fish tank.
opciones de respuesta
A. It was on my birthday when
B. It was my birthday on that
C. It was my birthday that                                                                  
       D. It was on my birthday that

4. _______ the police had rescued from the fire.

A. The baby                                    
B. The baby that                        
C. It was the baby whom                                                    
D. The baby whom

5. _______ I first met my girlfriend.

opciones de respuesta
A. It was in London that                                                      
B. It was in London where
       C. It was London that                        
D. It was London which
 
6. _________ on the phone.
A. It is his mother whom is                     
B. It was his mother whom is
C. It was his mother who is                     
D. It is his mother who is
7. ________ a high level of blood cholesterol.
A. It is eggs that contain                                                
C. It is eggs that contains                                                      
B. Those are eggs it contains
D. It is eggs contain

8. _________ England won the World Cup.

opciones de respuesta
A. It was in 1966 that                          
C. It was in 1966 when                        
B. It was on 1966 that              
D. It was 1966 in that
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Q. 
9. __________ we all look for.
opciones de respuesta
A. It is happiness that                          
C. Happiness it is that                          
B. That happiness                    
D. Happiness it is
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Q. 
10. ____________ me how to play the drum.
opciones de respuesta
       A. It was my uncle who taught                        
C. It was my uncle taught                                                 
B. My uncle who taught
D. It is my uncle teaching
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