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Cleft-Sentences
Cleft-Sentences
One of the main reasons why we use cleft sentences is to give emphasis to a particular part of
the sentence.
Examples:
1. When Little Red Riding Hood went into the cottage, she saw her grandmother sitting
in the bed.
It wasn’t her grandmother (that) she saw. It was the big bad wolf.
It was the big bad wolf (that) she saw, not her grandmother.
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4. His presence in the city of Lugo made him familiar with common illnesses.
Possible answers:
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2.
3.
4.
I enjoy
I admire
What I can’t stand
I find difficult
about…. is….
annoys me
Write sentences about your life as a Vet student. Maybe the following phrases will give you
some ideas to start with.
--being a Vet
--best professor this year
--Lugo
--learning /practicing English