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2 Grammar Worksheet
Distancing Cleft sentences
1 Complete the sentences with the words appear, seems 4 Match the parts of the sentences.
or would.
1 What I like about Italian D
1 It seems that we’re the first guests to arrive. 2 The thing that annoys me about Tom _
2 Miranda to be in a bad mood today. 3 It’s trying to make an effort _
3 It appear that Joe has changed his 4 It wasn’t your car _
mind. 5 What she did _
4 It would we’ve won! 6 One thing I’ll always remember _
5 This door to be stuck.
A that’s the most important thing.
6 It would that you haven’t been
B is seeing Sara in her wedding dress.
listening.
C that got broken into.
2 Put the words in order to make distancing sentences. D is the rhythm of the language.
E is that he can be so rude to people.
1 foreign language / a / can / anyone / it / thought / that / is F was tell everyone Lucy and Tom’s news.
/ learn
It is thought that anyone can learn a foreign language. 5 Complete the sentences with the words below.
2 are / some languages / to learn / said / very hard / to be
did is is it that what

3 thought / ghosts / in / how many / believe / people / are / 1 The thing most people want in life is to be happy.
to / ? 2 was the way he told us the news
that astonished us.
3 we saw on the tour wasn’t as
4 food / believed / it / that / run out of / is / our planet / will memorable as the people we were with.
4 All I was ask an innocent question.
5 It’s the cinema is being renovated,
5 this / that / the highest / it’s / in the country / said / bridge not the theatre.
/ is 6 What you have to do ask for
permission to use the photo.

6 to be / we thought / than / cats / are / more sociable / 6 Correct the sentences.

believed 1 It that I saw horrified me.
What I saw horrified me.
2 The only thing I know about Charles his name.

3 Choose the correct answer.
1 People who learn languages easily tend / may to be
good listeners.
2 There could / tend well be life on other planets.
3 According / Apparently, Charles Dickens’ first stories
were published in a newspaper.
4 Peter tends / might well to speak without thinking first!
5 We may well / tend to have a really cold winter this year.
6 Apparently / According to Sonia, tomorrow’s meeting
has been cancelled.
3 All I did was to changed the recipe slightly.
4 What didn’t he say was that we had been at school
together.
5 It’s the Maths exam what I failed, not the German exam.
6 What you should never did is go for a swim after a heavy
meal.

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