PRACTICE OF CLEFT SENTENCES

(CÂU NHẤN MẠNH/CÂU CHẺ)

1. SUBJECT FOCUS (NHẤN MẠNH CHỦ NGỮ)
It + is/ was + subject (chủ ngữ) + that + verb (động từ): chính ai đó làm ………
1. My mother loves me most. (mẹ yêu tôi nhất)
 It is my mother that loes me most.(chính mẹ là người yêu tôi nhất)
2. That man stole my wallet. (người đàn ông đó đã trộm cái ví tiền của tôi)
 It was that man that stole my wallet. (chính người đàn ông đó đã trộm cái ví tiền của tôi)

EXERCISES
1. My father usually complains about my students whenever they go to my house.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

2. I used to like climbing up tress and pick fruits.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

3. My neighbors always make noise at night.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

4. We often complains about the noise at night.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

5. You gave her a bunch of rose last week.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

6. Our English teacher is the greatest teacher in the world.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

7. The earthquake destroyed everything two years ago.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

8. My recent computer helps me a lots in preparing tasks for my students.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

9. My students’ bad behavior made me sad yesterday morning.

________________________________________________________________________________

10. The man gave her the book.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

11. The boy visited his uncle last month.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

12. I and she sang together at the party.

________________________________________________________________________________

13. Nam’s father got angry with him.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

14. The boys played football all day long.

 ________________________________________________________________________________
15. The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday.
________________________________________________________________________________

16. His presence at the meeting frightened the children.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

17. My mother bought me a present on my birthday party.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

18. The neighbor told them about it.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

19. My friend came to see me late last night.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

20. That boy scored the goal for his team.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

21. The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

22. The strong wind blew the roof off.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

2. OBJECT FOCUS (NHẤN MẠNH TÂN NGỮ)

It + is/ was + object (t. ngữ) + that + clause (mệnh đề= ch. ngữ + v. ngữ): chính ai/ cái gì đó, một ai đó làm/ đã
làm…
1. I love my mother most. (tôi yêu mẹ tôi nhất)
 It is my mother that I love most. (chính mẹ là người tôi yêu nhất)
2. I bought this motor in 2001. (tôi đã mua chiếc xe máy này vào năm 2001)
 It was this motor that I bought in 2001. (chính chiếc xe máy này tôi đã mua năm 2001)

EXERCISES
23. My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

24. The boy hit the dog in the garden.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

25. The woman answered the man rudely.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

26. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

27. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

28. My wife gave this T-shirt to me on my last birthday party.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

29. I always keep your picture besides me.

  ________________________________________________________________________________

30. He borrowed the money from his close friend – Hoa.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

31. The police arrested the man at the railway station.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

32. The man is learning English.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

33. The woman gave him the English book.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

34. She sent her friend a post card.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

35. Hoa borrowed some English books from Long.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

36. The little boy greeted his grandfather in a strange language.

________________________________________________________________________________

37. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

38. The dog barked at the stranger.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

39. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

40. We all saw her husband out side the theater last night.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

41. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

42. I always meet my students in the café whenever I come there.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

43. I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

44. I met Sasa on the way to my school.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

3. ADVERBIAL FOCUS (NHẤN MẠNH TRẠNG TỪ)

It + is/ was + adverbial (trạng từ) + that + clause (mệnh đề= ch. Ngữ + v. ngữ): chính nơi nào đó/ chính lúc
nào đó, ai đó làm/ đã làm …………..
1.I was born in Can Duoc. (tôi được sinh ra ở Cần Đước)
 It was in Can Duoc that I was born. (chính Cần Đước là nơi tôi được sinh ra)
 2.We often gather for our study at her house. (chúng tôi thường tập trung để học tại nhà của cô ấy)
 It is at her house we often gather for our study. (chính tại nhà của cô ấy là nơi chúng tôi thường tập
hợp để học).

EXERCISES
45. We were born in this place.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

46. We often gather for dinner in this restaurant.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

47. The boy hit the dog in the garden.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

48. He bought the book from that corner shop.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

49. She bought him a present at the shop.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

50. She makes some cakes for tea.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

51. His father repaired the bicycle for him.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

52. The meeting started at 8.00 a.m.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

53. We all bought those things from Susu shop.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

54. He met his wife in Britain.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

55. My mom presented a lap top on my birthday party.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

56. Kathy bought her husband an anniversary gift at a sports shop.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

57. He got married when he was 26 years old.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

58. They were having barbecue in the park.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

59. I met her on the way to school.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

60. They often had parties on the weekend.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

61. The police arrested the thief at the railway station.

 ________________________________________________________________________________
62. I gave him a photo album on his wedding day.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

63. We planted some young trees in the garden.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

64. I met my wife when I was a student at teacher training college.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

CLEFT SENTENCES (SUBJECT/ OBJECT/ ADVERD)

65. The boy visited his uncle last month.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

66. I and she sang together at the party.

________________________________________________________________________________

67. Nam’s father got angry with him.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

68. The boys played football all day long.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

69. The girl received a letter from her friend yesterday.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

70. His presence at the meeting frightened the children.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

71. My mother bought me a present on my birthday party.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

72. The neighbor told them about it.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

73. My friend came to see me late last night.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

74. That boy scored the goal for his team.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

75. The dog grabbed at the piece of meat and ran away.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

76. The strong wind blew the roof off.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

77. The police arrested the man at the railway station.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

78. The man is learning English.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

79. The woman gave him the English book.

 ________________________________________________________________________________
80. She sent her friend a post card.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

81. Hoa borrowed some English books from Long.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

82. The little boy greeted his grand father in a strange language.
________________________________________________________________________________

83. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

84. The dog barked at the stranger.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

85. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

86. We all saw her husband out side the theater last night.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

87. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

88. I always meet this student in the café whenever I come there.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

89. I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

90. I met Sasa on the way to my school.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

91. We were born in this place.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

92. We often gather for dinner in this restaurant.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

93. The boy hit the dog in the garden.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

94. He bought the book from that corner shop

 ________________________________________________________________________________

95. She bought him a present at the shop.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

96. She makes some cakes for tea.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

97. His father repaired the bicycle for him.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

98. I met her on the way to school.

  ________________________________________________________________________________

99. They often had parties on the weekend.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

100. The police arrested the thief at the railway station.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

101. I gave him a photo album on his wedding day.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

102. We planted some young trees in the garden.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

103. I met my wife when I was a student at teacher training college.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

104. My father usually complains about my students whenever they go to my house.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

CLEFT SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE (CÂU RÚT GỌN DẠNG BỊ ĐỘNG)
It + is/ was + subject(lấy từ tân ngữ) + that + be + V-ed/ V cột 3. (chính……………được …..)
My father gave me a lot of toys. (cha tôi cho tôi nhiều đồ chơi)
 It was I that was given a lot of toys by my father.(chính tôi được cha tôi cho nhiều đồ chơi.)
His wife clean the floor every evening.
 It is the floor that is cleaned by his wife every evening.

EXERCISES
105. My husband watered the flowers every day.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

106. They celebrated their wedding last week.

 ________________________________________________________________________________’

107. He described his home town in his novel.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

108. Most girls like spring.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

109. My father bought the car for me on my birthday.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

110. The prince kissed my younger sister at the party.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

111. My younger sister always keeps her doll carefully.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

112. The boy hit the dog in the garden.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

113. The woman answered the man rudely.

 ________________________________________________________________________________
114. The boy played ping pong the whole afternoon.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

113. The girl gave the boy a special gift on his birthday.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

12. My wife gave this T-shirt to me on my last birthday party.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

13. I always keep your picture besides me.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

14. He borrowed the money from his close friend.

________________________________________________________________________________

15. The police arrested the man at the railway station.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

16. The man is learning English.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

17. The woman gave him the English book.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

18. She sent her friend a post card.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

19. Hoa borrowed some English books from Long.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

20. The little boy greeted his grand father in a strange language.
________________________________________________________________________________

21. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

22. The dog barked at the stranger.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

23. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

24. We all saw her husband out side the theater lats night.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

25. Mr.Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

26. I always meet my students in the cafee whenever I come there.

 -________________________________________________________________________________

27. I bought this motor in HCM city some years ago.

 ________________________________________________________________________________
28. I met Sasa on the way to my school.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

29. Vietnamese people celebrate Tet as the greatest occasion in a year.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

30. My mother gave me this story book as a birthday present.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

31. Her younger sister broke her classes.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

32. She frightened the children.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

33. My father bought me a lap top for my birthday.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

34. People talked a lot about his house.

 ________________________________________________________________________________

35. The pedestrian asked the policeman for the direction to the post office.
 ________________________________________________________________________________

36. Fans gave Christina lots of flowers.

 ________________________________________________________________________________