Cleft sentences exercises

1 about the place is the weather.

Mary it w as
2 who lent him the money.
3What we did is a letter to apologize.
4The reason why he left the embarrassment.
5 that I realised she was leaving me.
6 lent you the money, remember?
7 fame and money, among other things.
8 I told everything.
9The place the long beach outside the city.
10It's where they are hiding we want to find out.

1) A: Didn't you arrive late yesterday?

B: No, was John who arrived so late.

2) A: You don't understand me.

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

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

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

4) A: You hurt him!

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

5) A: 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?

6) A: I saw you at the station yesterday.

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

7) A: You did it for the money.

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

8) A: What happened then?

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

9) A: Did you call the police?

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

10) A: You did this to me!

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

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

4. David is ______ came up with the original idea. Choose TWO correct options

a) the person who 2

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
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