CPE - Emphatic structures

______________________ about the place is the weather.

(a)  

• What I don´t like
• The reason I don´t like

• That I don´t like

______________________________ who lent him the money.

(a)  

• Mary

• It was Mary
• Mary it was

What we did is ____________________ a letter to apologize.

• write
• wrote

• writing

• written

The place ___________________ the long beach outside the city.

• that I love is

• where I love is

• I love it´s

Find the correct alternative:

A large white cat sat in the middle of the bed.

• In the middle of the bed sat a large white cat.

• Of the bed the white cat were in the middle.

• A large white cat sat of the bed in the middle.

Find the correct alternative:

An old man sat quietly in the corner.

• In the corner, an old man sat quietly.

• In the corner, an old man was sitting quietly.

• Sat, an old man quietly in the corner.

Find the correct alternative:

Nobody knows how he escaped.

• How he escaped nobody knows.

• Knows how he escaped nobody.

• Nobody knew how he had escaped.

Sit down.

(a)  

• Do sit down.
• Did sit down.

• I sit down.

She insisted.

(a)  

• She do insisted.

• She did insisted.

• She did insist.

Choose the option that conveys the message below accurately and emphatically.

The fact that some people drive too slowly annoys me.

• The thing annoys me the most is when people drive too slowly.

• What annoys me the most is when people drive too slowly.

• What the most irritates me is when people drive too slowly.

Answer explanation

CORRECT - What annoys me the most is when people drive too slowly.

INCORRECT - The thing annoys me the most is when people drive too slowly. (The thing that annoys me the most is when people drive too slowly.)

INCORRECT - What the most irritates me is when people drive too slowly. (What irritates me the most is when people drive too slowly.)

Find more information about emphatic structures on page 144 of your coursebook.