This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is important for them ..... English every day. A) To practice. B) Practiced. C) Practice. D) Practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To practice. 2. Although Hoa is a distant ..... of mine, we are pretty close to each other A) Relationship. B) Relate. C) Relation. D) Relative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relative. 3. It's not ..... he said that upset me, it's how he said it. A) Because. B) Where. C) What. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What. 4. I used to like climbing up trees and pick fruits. A) It was I that/who used to like climbing up trees and pick fruits. B) It was I that/who used to like climbing up tress and pick fruits. C) It is I that/who used to like climbing up trees and pick fruits. D) It was I whom used to like climbing up tress and pick fruits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was I that/who used to like climbing up trees and pick fruits. 5. ? I meant was that I'd love to come to your party. A) What. B) It. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 6. No longer ..... them to go to the music club. A) Their parents allow. B) Does their parents allow. C) Do their parents allow. D) Has their parents allow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do their parents allow. 7. Is this cleft sentence written correctly?All that I worry about is whether she will have enough money.Chose an option! A) Definitely right!. B) Absolutely not!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Definitely right!. 8. Never before ..... such a beautiful girl. A) Have i meet. B) Have i met. C) Did i meet. D) I have met. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have i met. 9. It is Mary ..... helped me. A) Who. B) Which. C) Where. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 10. John broke the window. A) It was John which broke the window. B) It was the window who John broke. C) It is John broke the window. D) It was John who broke the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was John who broke the window. 11. ? I would love is to be able to speak Arabic. A) What. B) It. C) Until. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 12. Which relative pronoun should NOT be used after adverbial phrases? A) Who. B) When. C) Which. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 13. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... is by attaching your computer to two monitors. A) The reason. B) The way you can make your work easier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way you can make your work easier. 14. Choose the correct option. It was my friends ..... supported me. A) Who. B) Which. C) When. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 15. Give an example of a cleft sentence using 'who' as the cleft phrase. A) It was John who won the race. B) It was John who didn't participate in the race. C) It was John who came in second place. D) It was John who lost the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was John who won the race. 16. You are to blame for the damage.$\rightarrow$ ..... to blame for the damage. A) It was you whom were. B) It is you that are. C) It was you that were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is you that are. 17. It was a letter ..... she received from her aunt yesterday. A) Where. B) That. C) It. D) Whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 18. When I went to Bali, I was really struck by how relaxed the people were. A) What really struck me was how relaxed the people were. B) What really struck me is how relaxed the people are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What really struck me was how relaxed the people were. 19. Which of these sentences uses a cleft structure? A) I completed the assignment before the deadline. B) Harry was the guy who told me about this assignment. C) The assignment was done quickly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harry was the guy who told me about this assignment. 20. Write a cleft sentence with 'what' to emphasize the object. A) What I need is a new car. B) What I want is a new house. C) What I have is a new job. D) What I like is a new phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I need is a new car. 21. Transform into cleft form:The movie scared her. A) It was the movie that scared her. B) It was the audience that scared her. C) It was her that scared the movie. D) The movie was scared by her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the movie that scared her. 22. Children become more independent as they ..... older. A) Sound. B) Look. C) Stay. D) Grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grow. 23. It was the letter that arrived this morning. A) A) Subject Cleft. B) B) Object Cleft. C) C) Adverbial Cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) Object Cleft. 24. Sarah grew from the hours of overtime at work. It became quite that she needed a long vacation. A) Tired/obviously. B) Tired/obvious. C) Tiredly/obvious. D) Tiredly/obviously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tired/obvious. 25. .... Ruth St. Dennis turned to Asian dances to find inspiration for her choreography. A) The dancer. B) The dancer was. C) It was the dancer that. D) That the dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the dancer that. 26. Discuss the impact of cleft sentences on sentence structure. A) Cleft sentences make sentences shorter. B) Cleft sentences complicate sentence structure unnecessarily. C) Cleft sentences have no impact on sentence structure. D) Cleft sentences impact sentence structure by emphasizing a particular element or information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cleft sentences impact sentence structure by emphasizing a particular element or information. 27. What surprises me the most is how quickly the scent of fresh flowers fills the room. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 28. Choose the correct ending to this clause:Something they forgot to take A) Is working independently. B) Was the latest version of thequality control agreement. C) Not the work his colleaguesare doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was the latest version of thequality control agreement. 29. "It was Maria who completed the project on time."This sentence is cleft sentence A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. ..... that he became successful as a famous writer. A) It was at the age of 20. B) At the age of 20 it was. C) At the age of 20. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was at the age of 20. 31. ..... , she got up and began to prepare a meal for her children. A) Tired as she was. B) Although tired she was. C) Tired she was but. D) However she was tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tired as she was. 32. The word "sleep" is a linking verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. How can cleft sentences help in emphasizing certain information? A) By placing the emphasized element at the end of the sentence. B) By using passive voice in the sentence. C) By using complex sentence structures. D) By placing the emphasized element at the beginning of the sentence and using specific structures such as 'It is/was that' or 'What is/was '. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By placing the emphasized element at the beginning of the sentence and using specific structures such as 'It is/was that' or 'What is/was '. 34. ..... I dislike about him ..... his rudeness. A) What / is. B) Who / is. C) Who / are. D) What / are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What / is. 35. What ..... is the subtle hint of vanilla. A) This perfume makes unique. B) This perfume unique makes. C) Unique perfume makes. D) Makes this perfume unique. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Makes this perfume unique. 36. Original:They will travel to Paris next month. A) Who is next month when they will travel to Paris. B) It is next month when they will travel to Paris. C) Where is next month when they will travel to Paris. D) What is next month when they will travel to Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is next month when they will travel to Paris. 37. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was the teacher who gave us the assignment. A) The teacher gave us the assignment. B) The assignment was given to us by the teacher. C) It was the teacher who gave us the assignment. D) The assignment was given by the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the teacher who gave us the assignment. 38. .... who was elected the first woman mayor of Chicago in 1979. A) When Jane Byrne. B) It was Jane Byrne. C) Jane Byrne. D) That Jane Byrne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Jane Byrne. 39. Which of the following sentences is NOT an example of a cleft sentence? A) All she needed was a cup of coffee. B) Taking Louis to the match is what the boys are doing. C) He found the missing key in the morning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He found the missing key in the morning. 40. Normal:They bought a new car.Which is the correct cleft sentence?? A) A) What they did was buy a new car. B) B) What bought them was a new car. C) C) It was a new car what they bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) What they did was buy a new car. 41. Choose the best answer: ..... took my car. A) It was you that. B) It was you whom. C) It were you. D) It was you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was you that. 42. Original:He felt sad because his team lost. A) Where he felt sad was because his team lost. B) When he felt sad was because his team lost. C) What he felt sad was because his team lost. D) Why he felt sad was because his team lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Why he felt sad was because his team lost. 43. It was the dog ..... the boy hit in the garden. A) Where. B) In which. C) That. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That. 44. Give an example of a cleft sentence using 'it is' as the cleft phrase. A) It is Mary who won the race. B) It is Sarah who won the race. C) It is Tom who won the race. D) It is John who won the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is John who won the race. 45. What is the phobia of flying called? A) Aerophobia. B) Aviophobia. C) Claustrophobia. D) Acrophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aviophobia. 46. I was surprised by the complexity of her argument. A) I was surprised by the complexity of her argument. B) What surprised me was the complexity of her argument. C) The complexity of her argument surprised me. D) It was the complexity of her argument what surprised me. E) Options green and pink are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Options green and pink are correct. 47. ..... had we arrived when it started to rain. A) Not only. B) At no. C) Hardly. D) Seldom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hardly. 48. THERE IS ONE WRONG ANSWER. WHICH ONE IS IT?We need a person to take over the project. A) It is a person to take over the project who we need. B) The thing that we need is a person to take over the project. C) A person to take over the project is who we need. D) What we need is a person to take over the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The thing that we need is a person to take over the project. 49. These watermelons were sweet. A) Excepting. B) Exception. C) Exceptional. D) Exceptionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exceptionally. 50. Give an example of a cleft sentence using 'what' as the cleft phrase. A) What I need is a new car. B) What I desire is a new car. C) What I like is a new car. D) What I want is a new car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What I want is a new car. 51. Original:The noise woke everyone up. A) When was the noise that woke everyone up. B) It was the noise that woke everyone up. C) Where was the noise that woke everyone up. D) What was the noise that woke everyone up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the noise that woke everyone up. 52. Transform into cleft form:She loves chocolate. A) It is chocolate that she loves. B) It is she who loves chocolate. C) She loves vanilla. D) Chocolate loves she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is chocolate that she loves. 53. I find the intensity of the spicy flavor overwhelming. A) What I find is the intensity of the spicy flavor overwhelming. B) What I find overwhelming is the intensity of the spicy flavor. C) What I overwhelm is the find of intensity of the spicy flavor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I find overwhelming is the intensity of the spicy flavor. 54. Original:The meeting is in the conference room. A) When is in the conference room where the meeting is. B) What is in the conference room where the meeting is. C) It is in the conference room where the meeting is. D) Who is in the conference room where the meeting is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is in the conference room where the meeting is. 55. Original:The problem started when the power went out. A) When the problem started was when the power went out. B) Where the problem started was when the power went out. C) Who the problem started was when the power went out. D) What the problem started was when the power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the problem started was when the power went out. 56. Original:She called him yesterday. A) It was yesterday when she called him. B) What was yesterday when she called him. C) Where was yesterday when she called him. D) Who was yesterday when she called him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was yesterday when she called him. 57. Such a valuable painting is it/it is that the museum had to hire 5 security guards to protect it. A) It is. B) Is it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is. 58. Inversions ..... the books BEEN cheaper, I ..... them all. A) Had/ would bought. B) Had/ would have bought. C) Has/ would have bought. D) Have/would have bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had/ would have bought. 59. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence below ..... I would do is wait for the instructions A) That I said. B) It is what. C) What I said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I said. 60. Choose the best answer.It is the English exam that the students most worry about. A) It is the English exam that the students most worried about. B) It was the English exam the students most worry about. C) It was the English exam that the students most worry about. D) It is the English exam that is most worried about by the students. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is the English exam that is most worried about by the students. ← 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