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Cleft sentences

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

" ______ Claudia really wants to learn"

a)

It's the guitar that

b)

The guitar is

c)

The guitar that is

2.

The man is learning English.

a)

It was English that the man is learning.

b)

It was English that the man was learning

c)

It is English that the man is learning

d)

It is English that the man was learning.

3.

_______ the police had rescued from the fire.

a)

The baby

b)

The baby that

c)

It was the baby that

d)

The baby whom

4.

" _________ is that we can’t stand the climate here."

a)

The reason of why we’re thinking of emigrating

b)

We’re thinking of emigrating

c)

The reason why we’re thinking of emigrating

5.

" ________ is a cup of tea"

a)

I want all

b)

All I want

c)

I want

6.

The cat is going to catch the mouse.

a)

A. It was the mouse that the cat is going to catch.

b)

B. It is the mouse that the cat is going to catch.

c)

C. It is the mouse that was being caught by the cat.

d)

D. It was the mouse that was being caught by the cat.

7.

______________________________ who lent him the money.

a)

Mary

b)

It was Mary

c)

Mary it was

8.

A: Didn't you fly to Denver yesterday?

B: No, it ____ on Monday ____ I flew to Denver.

a)

was / that

b)

that / who

c)

that / was

d)

was / when

9.

" _________ failed the final exam last term"

a)

Is Ali the student who

b)

Ali is the student

c)

Ali is the student who

10.

" ________ that the trouble started"

a)

The police arrived when

b)

It was the police arriving

c)

It was when the police arrived

11.

_______________fame and money, among other things.

a)

What I want are

b)

What I need are

c)

What I want is

d)

I only want

12.

Use a cleft sentence to rewrite the following statements. The emphasis is put on the word in bold underlined.


Last night I lent my bike to Sue.

(a)  

13.

The police arrested the man on the street.

a)

It was the police who arrested the man on the street.

b)

It was the police that arrested the man on the street.

c)

It was the man whom the police arrested on the street.

d)

It is the man that the police arrested on the street.

14.

Choose the best answer:


________ taught me how to collect butterflies.

a)

It was my father who

b)

It is my father

c)

It was my father whom

d)

It was my father

15.

Put the words in order:

the / weather / is / the thing / this country / about / I / hate / that

(a)