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Ana Claudia Alonso “ou can emphasize a piece of information in a Sentence in a number of different ways Cleft sentences: ‘divide’ a Sentence by adding a clause to emphasize key information A Is (that) sciontsts have invented... (= Selentata have invented ..) lid _ was (to) show the effects of ... (= They showed the effects of |.) ind shocking is (that). (= | find it shocking (that) ..) ‘S. those kind of comments that... (= Those kind of comments ...) "im saying is (that). (= em just saying (that). Inversion: negative expression (never, rarely, not only, . have | seen ... (| have rarely seen ...) 7 NOT are. you making ridiculous accusations, but you don’t even know the basic facts. (= You are making ... and you don't even know ...) loath pea €tc.) + auxiliary verb + subject (formal) Rewrite the sentences using structures from the GRAMMAR FOCUS and the word in capitals 1 Will and Emma had an argument. HAPPENED happe as (that) WiLL and Grune had an argument a“ rae d talking about climate change.TT sy 1i\ who started tarl¥, 99 EW toes rc Fae x About climate Changnol gona ‘old Emma how strongly he felt. DID Wheat (il| dig Wes Gos re nee moter ee that you couldn't blame humans. ALL Emma s was that 4 Emma only suggested that yo Esa sp ogeited couldn't believe Emma's views on scientists. WHAT \\y Micoutdms Pelee was gu acoutions NEVER hog c . Will he. Ss ac 1 bok, Shere ae eae Rhwers, the gases from industrialization that have caused the greenhouse effect. eo ts do. _ is analyze air that’s 800,000 years old trapped uncler the ice in ica —fias__ there been more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than there 1s now. \ge temperatures rose by 2 degrees Fahrenheit F Not only cr _wo observing arse in se levels, but also many extreme weather events, 6 we don’t act now, a! | _ we're doing is creating problems for future generations. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. Begin with the underlined words. “1 worry about most /1/is/ pollution / what lwhiart F worryabout most 1 5 gallution 2. 1/ money / my birthday / all /for/want/is &\| I wart for my oidttday is money 3 it gots dark so early / what / winter 4/ about /thot /hae/ig what T hate aout winte Th rrcat / the food /wihas H./ my country /about /lowe /is concee' Command” 8 a 5 who /in our house / the cooking / my father / does /iss, 4 \.< 0% Beast my count ry al Re ro 6 todo/ what / buy a laptop /is/want/I whet ©. wanted wa apc cool 7. my clothes / to any of my fiends / under no.citcumstancas /| i MW io cacie re nas WOuld T and my ClOTrOS & Ot my friends 6 With a partner, check the sentences in Exerciso 5 that are Write more true sentences beginning with the underlined words. scheo | = want, for chridmas, hate about What t worry about most is 4 a\ ‘Grammar Focus page 172 x. 7 v eins! Gndav no civ Wms t +hat T hove tastes i weg oc te et se, SLL Sc ty pce ea cane tg 660 es Sec i nar Beare SRC BST cn ch iheton! Lider net ie ck mt al i aor : fi eet dt ce a 75 en wt ass cng ek Naat dss cg bit 9 SS ESE ae a {What was happened /hapconed ws that {orgot to log out of Facebook and Jo read my messages Nevechaue 1/1 have been x0 hurmilatedin at ry Me fits / What's people ike him that should be locked up for their om protection, ‘What | ind most unbelievable that Lis that mo one saw Becky leaving the party All yie are / are we saying is please give us 3 chance to explain what happened. “What he did was / did he mas mance around the streets hoping he would recognize hs hotel 7 Rarely the temperatures have [ype te semperatures falen 40 low in Sererbee. ‘Not only do you /you dostesl money ror me, but you le about after you have been 0 Ryan lost track of ume, thapoenedt Nee erry outa mon ovoating on anicebet. ered ya docimertay dou 3 ran onboncing on ante (1) tls. -was_distracted py adocumentGuy Nowe Ar ding Ba ani bi —_ Creu did acto €ly out ids yOu na en eS Mowtie tag Wel ccopeee ae ete te tia ‘n ppencd i tratthe: voR soa yw top of The Vw eet Riig. b ares enone iy g wit forgave Fhe Shore ware on ma

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