Emphatic Structures: Cleft Sentences and Affirmations

According the the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, "emphatic" means:

• lacking physical or mental energy

• involving, characterized by, or based on empathy

• attracting special attention

• pushing away somebody's attention

" ______ Claudia really wants to learn"

• It's the guitar that

• The guitar is

• The guitar that is

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CCSS.L.3.1A

" ___________ of the music in that club that I dislike"

• The loudness is

• It's the loudness

• Is the loudness

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CCSS.L.3.1A

" _______ I ignored"

• His rudeness is

• It was his rudeness that

• That was his rudeness that

" ________ is a cup of tea"

• I want all

• All I want

• I want

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CCSS.L.3.1A

" ________ that the trouble started"

• The police arrived when

• It was the police arriving

• It was when the police arrived

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Jane cooked dinner.

• It is Jane who cooked dinner.

• It was Jane who cooked dinner.

• It is Jane that cook dinner.

• It was Jane who cook dinner

I need a glass of water.

• What I need is a glass of water.

• Why I need is a glass of water.

• What I needed was a glass of water.

• A glass of water is what I need.

You met Leandro.

• It was Leandro that you met.

• It is Leandro that you met.

• It was Leandro that you meet.

• It is Leandro that you met.

You did something terrible!

• What you did was something terrible!

• What you did is something terrible!

• Why you did is something terrible!

• What is something terrible you did!