Cleft Sentences

What is emphasis in the context of this video?

• A) Using normal sentence structures.

• B) Highlighting specific parts of a sentence for importance.

• C) Adding more words to make a sentence longer.

• D) Avoiding stress or intonation when speaking.

Which of the following sentences emphasizes the noun correctly using a cleft structure?

• A) I hated the insects.

• B) The insects were horrible.

• C) What I hated most was the insects.

• D) The thing I didn’t like was noisy rooms.

What word can replace "what" in this structure for added emphasis: "What I hated most was the insects everywhere"?

• A) Nothing

• B) All

• C) Every

• D) Thing

How can you emphasize a verb in the sentence "They moved us to another town"?

• A) All I need is to move.

• B) What they did was move us to another town.

• C) What happened was the room was dirty.

• D) They moved us because of noise.

Which of the following correctly highlights the whole event using a cleft structure?

• A) What happens is we get double booked.

• B) What happened was we got double booked.

• C) It was noisy, so they moved us to another town.

• D) What happened next was touching the shower.

Which sentence best follows the stress pattern explained in the video?

• A) What I NEED now is a holiday.

• B) What I need NOW is a HOLIDAY.

• C) What I need now IS A holiday.

• D) WHAT I need now is a holiday.

What are cleft sentences?

• A) Sentences that have been shortened for clarity.

• B) Sentences used to provide additional details about a subject.

• C) Sentences that split into two clauses to emphasize specific information.

• D) Sentences without stress or intonation.