This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the structure of a What-Cleft Sentence? A) What + emphasized information + subject + verb. B) What + verb + subject + be + emphasized information. C) What + subject + be + verb + emphasized information. D) What + subject + verb + be + emphasized information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What + subject + verb + be + emphasized information. 2. Differentiate between the two types of cleft sentences:it-cleft and wh-cleft. A) The main difference is that it-clefts emphasize a specific element using 'it is/was', while wh-clefts emphasize using a wh-word. B) It-clefts use a wh-word for emphasis. C) It-clefts and wh-clefts are the same in structure. D) Wh-clefts are used to ask questions only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main difference is that it-clefts emphasize a specific element using 'it is/was', while wh-clefts emphasize using a wh-word. 3. Which sentence uses a WH-cleft correctly? A) What he likes was music. B) What he likes are music. C) What he likes is music. D) What he like is music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What he likes is music. 4. What is the main purpose of a cleft sentence? A) A. To shorten a sentence. B) C. To emphasize specific information. C) B. To change verb tense. D) To make a sentence more formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. To emphasize specific information. 5. ? is Sarah I went to school with, not her sister, Rachel. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 6. Is this a cleft sentence:The reason I called was to check in on you. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 7. Which part of a cleft sentence is typically introduced by the word "that" ? A) The subject. B) The verb. C) The emphasized element. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The emphasized element. 8. Identify the focus in the following cleft sentence:It was the dog that barked all night. A) The dog. B) The bird. C) The fish. D) The cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog. 9. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was the book that I read it yesterday.' A) The sentence contains an extra 'it'. B) The sentence uses the wrong tense. C) The sentence is missing a subject. D) The sentence has a misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sentence contains an extra 'it'. 10. "It was the pizza that ..... delicious." A) Tasting. B) Tastes. C) Taste. D) Tasted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tasted. 11. ..... he managed to complete the project in such a short amount of time is beyond me. A) About. B) What. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 12. Identify the correct What-cleft sentence. A) What I like reading books. B) What do I like is reading books. C) What I like are reading books. D) What I like is reading books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What I like is reading books. 13. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one? He broke the fence. a What he did was break the fence. b What he broke was the fence. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 14. Transform the sentence 'She loves chocolate' into a cleft sentence. A) Her love for chocolate is strong. B) Chocolate is loved by her. C) She loves chocolate very much. D) It is chocolate that she loves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is chocolate that she loves. 15. Which of the following cleft sentences emphasizes the time of action? A) It was on the weekend that we went hiking. B) It was the teacher who explained the concept. C) It was a difficult exam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was on the weekend that we went hiking. 16. Which sentence correctly emphasizes place? A) It was home that I studied. B) It was at home that I studied. C) It was at home where I studied. D) It was at home which I studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was at home that I studied. 17. Transform:He bought the car yesterday. A) It was a car yesterday he bought. B) It was yesterday that he bought the car. C) What he bought was yesterday a car. D) The car was what he buy yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was yesterday that he bought the car. 18. Select the sentence that correctly emphasizes the reason A) The reason why she is studying hard is to get a scholarship. B) It is to get a scholarship why she is studying hard. C) What she is doing is studying hard to get a scholarship. D) It is studying hard that she does to get a scholarship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason why she is studying hard is to get a scholarship. 19. ? you need is to go for a run and clear your head. A) What. B) It. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 20. Is this a cleft sentence:What matters most is kindness. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 21. When the verb in the what clause is in the past, the verb to be is also in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. "He passed the exam because of hard work." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) It is because hard work that he passed the exam. B) It was hard work he passed the exam. C) It was because of hard work that he passed the exam. D) It was because of hard work he pass the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was because of hard work that he passed the exam. 23. Nobody knows who invited the wheel, ..... ? A) Does it. B) Don't they. C) Do they. D) Doesn't it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do they. 24. Rarely ..... out after 9.00. A) My sister goes. B) Did my sister go. C) My sister does go. D) Does my sister go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does my sister go. 25. In the cleft sentence "It's the delicious aroma that attracted us, " what is emphasized? A) The act of being attracted. B) The delicious aroma. C) Us. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The delicious aroma. 26. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... why the instructions are downloadable is so that we can update them easily. A) The reason. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason. 27. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner. A) It was some cakes that were made for dinner by my mom. B) It is some cakes that were made for dinner by my mom. C) It was some cakes who were made for dinner by my mom. D) It was some cakes whom were made for dinner by my mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was some cakes that were made for dinner by my mom. 28. I am quite keen on my father's valuable stamp ..... A) Collecting. B) Collect. C) Collector. D) Collection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collection. 29. It ..... until I was round the corner that I realised I was still wearing my slippers. A) Was. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 30. ..... , ate, eaten A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Ite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eat. 31. ? I believe is that education matters, because without it, countries can't develop. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 32. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... we did was offer the app as a free download. A) What. B) How. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 33. How is an 'it-cleft' sentence structured? A) It uses inversion for emphasis. B) It starts with 'what'. C) It includes the word 'do' as an auxiliary verb. D) It begins with 'it', followed by a linking verb and a relative clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It begins with 'it', followed by a linking verb and a relative clause. 34. No cleft:I read a bored story.Cleft:What ..... a bored story. A) I read are. B) I read was. C) I reading was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I read was. 35. What ..... was splash out on some new clothes. A) Did I. B) I did. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I did. 36. ..... that was bought by Bill. A) A. It was the fish. B) B. It was the fish that. C) C. It is the fish that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. It was the fish that. 37. What you could do is ..... for a run in the morning, before work. A) Going. B) Go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 38. "We need time to think." A) What we need was time to think. B) What we need are time to think. C) What we need is time to think. D) What we needed is time to think. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What we need is time to think. 39. It was my teacher ..... inspired me. A) Where. B) Which. C) That. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who. 40. ? upsets me most is that tuition fees are going up. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 41. "What she did was to ..... the files." A) Sending. B) Sends. C) Sent. D) Send. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Send. 42. It ..... at the bank that the wanted man changed the money. A) Is. B) Was. C) Being. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 43. What is the correct definition of a cleft sentence? A) A type of sentence used to confuse the reader. B) A type of sentence that has been split into two clauses. C) A type of sentence used to express emotions. D) A type of complex sentence used to emphasize a particular part of a statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A type of complex sentence used to emphasize a particular part of a statement. 44. Convert to a What-Cleft Sentence:'We should focus on improving communication.' A) What we need to focus on is communication improvement. B) What we should focus on is improving communication. C) We should focus on what improving communication is. D) Improving communication is what we should focus on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What we should focus on is improving communication. 45. Identify the focus in the following cleft sentence:It was the teacher who assigned the project. A) The principal. B) The teacher. C) The janitor. D) The student. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher. 46. ? is important in a university application is attention to detail. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 47. Which emphasizes the object? A) It was Maria who solved the problem. B) It was the problem that Maria solved. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the problem that Maria solved. 48. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was my brother who is the best cook.' A) It was my brother who has been the best cook. B) The correct sentence is 'It was my brother who was the best cook.'. C) It was my brother who is a great cook. D) It was my brother who will be the best cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The correct sentence is 'It was my brother who was the best cook.'. 49. You should not indulge yourself ..... anything that can form a bad habit. A) At. B) For. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 50. Choose the best option to complete the following sentence:The reason we failed to exempt the semester ..... A) Is to make sure we research the location more thoroughly next time. B) That he decided to spill the beans. C) Was the way that he never looked you straight in the eye. D) Was that we'd spent more time partying than studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was that we'd spent more time partying than studying. 51. When Einstein discovered the Relativity Theory in Germany. A) 1905 was. B) It is. C) It was in 1905. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was in 1905. 52. Which cleft sentence focuses on an action? A) What he did was to explain everything. B) It was John who left early. C) It was the dog that barked. D) What surprised me was the ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What he did was to explain everything. 53. What is the cleft sentence for the original sentence 'She reads novels during her free time.'? A) During her free time, she reads novels. B) Novels are read by her during her free time. C) What she reads during her free time is novels. D) She reads novels during her free time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What she reads during her free time is novels. 54. He keeps a lot of pictures and paintings. He is an art ..... A) Keeper. B) Collector. C) Relative. D) Guitarist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collector. 55. In "What she did was to apologize, " what is being emphasized? A) The apology. B) She. C) The mistake. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The apology. 56. It was at night ..... the accident happened. A) Who. B) Where. C) Which. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 57. The place (a) the long beach outside the city. A) A. that I love is. B) I love it's. C) Where I love is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. that I love is. 58. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one? He stole some jewellery. a What he did was steal some jewellery. b What he stole was some jewellery. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 59. Which sentence is a correct focused cleft sentence? A) It is the red car that he drives. B) What he drives is the red car. C) He drives the red car. D) The red car is what he drives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The red car is what he drives. 60. Bring, brought, ..... A) Brought. B) Hi. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brought. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSentence Structure QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCleft Sentences Quiz 1Cleft Sentences Quiz 2Cleft Sentences Quiz 3Cleft Sentences Quiz 4Cleft Sentences Quiz 5Cleft Sentences Quiz 6Cleft Sentences Quiz 7Cleft Sentences Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books