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Form a cleft or pseudo-cleft sentence.

Example: Drugs worry many governments. [the increase in drug-taking]


Cleft sentence: It’s the increase in drug taking that worries many governments.
Pseudo-cleft: What worries many governments is the increase in drug-taking.

1. What makes people experiment with drugs? (perhaps boredom, a longing for excitement)

Perhaps it's …

2. Do we find drug-taking among all age-groups? (I think mainly among the young)

I think it's …

3. We need to make people realize that drug-taking is self-destructive.

What …

4. But some people think that all drugs should be legal.

What …

5. They say the glamour of doing something illegal attracts people.

They say it's …

6. Some governments have such tough laws about trafficking, I am surprised any people

become 'couriers'.

What surprises … … when …

7. I suppose the hope of easy money tempts them.

I suppose it …

8. Many people don't realize that ordinary drug takers need big money to buy drugs with.

What …

9. The drug barons deliberately involve 'small people'.

What …

10. The Customs people are looking for travellers who behave suspiciously.

What …
11. Often the small people, not the big people, get caught.

It's often …

12. Most governments want to stop drugs coming into their countries.

What …

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