This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct option for the gap:The ..... why it didn't work is that we didn't plan carefully. A) Reason. B) Place. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason. 2. What is a cleft sentence? A) A cleft sentence is a type of punctuation mark used in English grammar. B) A cleft sentence is a complex sentence that has a simple sentence broken down into two parts, with the focus on a specific element. It is used to emphasize a particular piece of information. C) A cleft sentence is a type of sentence that lacks proper grammar. D) A cleft sentence is a type of sentence structure used in poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cleft sentence is a complex sentence that has a simple sentence broken down into two parts, with the focus on a specific element. It is used to emphasize a particular piece of information. 3. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one? She broke her ankle. a What she broke was her ankle. b What she did was break her ankle. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 4. What is the correct form for focusing on an element of the sentence? A) Subject + be + phrase. B) Phrase + be + subject. C) It + be + subject + verb. D) It + be + phrase + relative clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It + be + phrase + relative clause. 5. Bob won't come because he has got a/an ..... with Lucy tonight. A) Relationship. B) Argument. C) Date. D) Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Date. 6. What can be used instead of 'the thing/s that' for emphasis? A) Where. B) Who. C) When. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What. 7. What is the structure of a cleft sentence? A) Cleft sentences are formed with 'It was [rest of the sentence] that/who [emphasized element]'. B) A cleft sentence is structured as 'Who [rest of the sentence] is/was [emphasized element]'. C) The structure of a cleft sentence is '[emphasized element] is/was [rest of the sentence]'. D) The structure of a cleft sentence is 'It is/was [emphasized element] that/who [rest of the sentence]'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The structure of a cleft sentence is 'It is/was [emphasized element] that/who [rest of the sentence]'. 8. They built this bridge in 2000. A) It was in 2000 that they built this bridge. B) It was in 2000 which they built this bridge. C) It is in 2000 that they built this bridge. D) It was this bridge that they built in 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was in 2000 that they built this bridge. 9. ? he hadn't realised was that his jumper was on back to front. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 10. What they want is ..... A) To be free. B) Free. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be free. 11. ..... win the tournament A) What I did was to. B) I was to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I did was to. 12. Readers ..... make noise in the school library. A) Have to. B) Must. C) Mustn't. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mustn't. 13. Fill in the blank. What they did ..... leave early. A) Are. B) Was. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 14. Choose the correct sentence. They are looking for peace. A) What they looking for is peace. B) What are they looking for peace. C) What they are looking is peace. D) What they are looking for is peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What they are looking for is peace. 15. What is the cleft sentence for the original sentence 'John baked the cake.'? A) It was John who baked the cake. B) Baked the cake, John did. C) The cake was baked by John. D) John baked the cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was John who baked the cake. 16. Nothing can change his idea, ..... ? A) Can they. B) Can't they. C) Can it. D) Can't it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can it. 17. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one? They won the tennis tournament. a What they won was the tennis tournament. b What they did was win the tennis tournament. A) B. B) A. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 18. No cleft:Maria started her homework yesterday.Cleft:What Maria started ..... her homework yesterday A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 19. The reason why she fed the ducks was because she didn't see the sign. A) The reason that (surprises interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . B) The reason why is . C) What (surprises/ interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reason why is . 20. Mary bought this book yesterday A) A. It is this book that Mary bought yesterday. B) It was this book that was bought by Mary yesterday. C) A. It is this book that is bought by Mary yesterday. D) A. It is this book that was bought by Mary yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was this book that was bought by Mary yesterday. 21. ..... was Ha Long bay that our family visited last year. A) Which. B) That. C) This. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It. 22. ..... , got, got A) Gat. B) Gut. C) Get. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get. 23. Everyone thinks the concert last night was extremely sucessful, ..... ? A) Wasn't it. B) Do they. C) Was it. D) Don't they. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't they. 24. What is the cleft sentence for the original sentence 'The company donated a large sum of money.'? A) A large sum of money was donated by the company. B) The company donated a large sum of money. C) What the company donated was a large sum of money. D) Donated a large sum of money, the company did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What the company donated was a large sum of money. 25. Which of the following is an example of an it-cleft sentence? A) What I need is a new car. B) The book that I read was fascinating. C) I need a new car. D) It was John who won the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was John who won the race. 26. "What my brother did was ..... the truth." A) To told. B) To tell. C) Told. D) Teld. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To tell. 27. It is basketball ..... A) That I love. B) I love it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That I love. 28. (a) lent you the money, remember? A) A. It's me who. B) It's me. C) It's I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It's me who. 29. What does the word 'cleft' mean in the context of cleft sentences? A) Original or cleft. B) Clear or emphatic. C) Complex or confusing. D) Divided or split. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divided or split. 30. No cleft:I needed a safe house to stay.Cleft:What ..... a safe house to stay. A) I needed were. B) I need is. C) I needed was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I needed was. ← 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