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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the correct all-cleft sentence in the options below. A) It was everything he wished for that came true. B) All he wanted was a good night's sleep. C) What he wanted was a good night's sleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All he wanted was a good night's sleep. 2. Janice was watching TV, not me!It ..... watching TV. A) Was Janice was. B) Is Janice who was. C) Janice who was. D) Was Janice who was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was Janice who was. 3. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was John who ate all the cookies. A) It was John who baked all the cookies. B) It was John who ate all the cookies. C) It was John who shared all the cookies. D) It was John who bought all the cookies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was John who ate all the cookies. 4. It is the car that John wants to buy. 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. 5. Original:I value honesty the most. A) Where I value the most is honesty. B) Who I value the most is honesty. C) What I value the most is honesty. D) When I value the most is honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I value the most is honesty. 6. It was Jane who suggested the new idea. A) A) Subject Cleft. B) B) Object Cleft. C) C) Adverbial Cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Subject Cleft. 7. Describe how cleft sentences help in emphasizing information. A) Cleft sentences emphasize information by removing the main clause. B) Cleft sentences emphasize information by structuring sentences with a relative clause followed by the main clause, highlighting the focused element. C) Cleft sentences emphasize information by using passive voice structures. D) Cleft sentences emphasize information by adding unnecessary details. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleft sentences emphasize information by structuring sentences with a relative clause followed by the main clause, highlighting the focused element. 8. ..... I told everything to. A) The person was John. B) John it was the person. C) It was John who. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was John who. 9. Choose the best answer: ..... cut class yesterday. A) Rose. B) It is Rose. C) It is Rose that. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rose. 10. ..... that I realized she was leaving the company. A) When I read the email. B) It was when I read the email. C) Not until I read the email. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was when I read the email. 11. Choose the best answer: ..... that John loves. A) It was Mary. B) Mary is. C) It is Mary. D) Mary was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is Mary. 12. Is this sentence correct:The thing I'll never forget is the seven of us travelling through France. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 13. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence below ..... everything started to fall apart A) 2020 was where. B) It was 2020 when. C) 2020 it was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was 2020 when. 14. What is the difference between a cleft sentence with 'what' and a simple sentence? A) A cleft sentence is shorter that a smple present sentence. B) A cleft sentence is a questin and a simple present sentence is always positive. C) A cleft sentence with "what" emphasizes the information after the "what". D) A cleft sentence with "what" has a subject and a verb, and a simple present has only a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A cleft sentence with "what" emphasizes the information after the "what". 15. What is the focus in a cleft sentence? A) The focus in a cleft sentence is the subject. B) The focus in a cleft sentence is the object. C) The focus in a cleft sentence is the information that is emphasized or highlighted. D) The focus in a cleft sentence is the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The focus in a cleft sentence is the information that is emphasized or highlighted. 16. I have rarely seen colors so vibrant and alive A) Rarely I have seen colors so vibrant and alive. B) Have I rarely seen colors so vibrant and alive. C) Rarely have I seen colors so vibrant and alive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rarely have I seen colors so vibrant and alive. 17. "I can't believe you didn't recognise Samantha!""I know. Not until Ruth told me, ..... it was her. A) I realised. B) Did I realise. C) Should I realise. D) Had I realised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did I realise. 18. It has been a tough season for CW's The Flash, as last season was/was last season. A) Last season was. B) Was last season. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was last season. 19. Original:The package will arrive if the weather is good. A) When is if the weather is good that the package will arrive. B) It is if the weather is good that the package will arrive. C) What is if the weather is good that the package will arrive. D) Where is if the weather is good that the package will arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is if the weather is good that the package will arrive. 20. From cleft sentence to a non-cleft one. "Where she decided to study was what got her father angry" A) What got her father angry was that she decided to study. B) Her father got angry because of the place she chose to study. C) Blue and green options are correct. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her father got angry because of the place she chose to study. 21. Rewrite this sentence to a What-Cleft sentence:Amanda has a job A) A job is what Amanda has. B) A job is what Amanda has. C) What Amanda has is a job. D) What Amanda has is a job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A job is what Amanda has. 22. What I rewatched earlier this month was Shadowhunters. A) This is a cleft sentence. B) This is a pseudo-cleft sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is a pseudo-cleft sentence. 23. ..... replied first. A) What John did was. B) It was John who. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was John who. 24. Only by checking in early ..... to choose your seats on the plane. A) Will you be able. B) You are able. C) Did you. D) You'll be able. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will you be able. 25. A:You did it for the money. B:No, ..... why I did it was to save the company. A) I did. B) It was. C) The reason. D) The thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The reason. 26. Choose the best answer:It was Tom ..... to help us. A) Comes. B) Who came. C) That comes. D) To come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who came. 27. Scarcely ..... into the water when we saw a shoal of brightly coloured fish. A) We dived. B) We had dived. C) Had we dived. D) Did we dive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had we dived. 28. Determine the emphasized part in this wh-cleft sentence: "What they decided was to move forward with the project." A) They. B) Decided. C) To move forward with the project. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To move forward with the project. 29. A:Karl swims like a dolphin!B:Yes! That was awesome!What ..... swimming like a dolphin! A) Was awesome was Karl. B) Karl was awesome was. C) Was awesome Karl. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was awesome was Karl. 30. Choose the best answer:It is the library ..... A) That I often borrow books from. B) From that I often borrow books. C) That I often borrow books. D) Where I often borrow books from. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That I often borrow books from. 31. You will ..... hear such beautiful music. A) Rarely. B) Not only. C) Little. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rarely. 32. Original:The cat chased the mouse. A) When was the cat that chased the mouse. B) Where was the cat that chased the mouse. C) What was the cat that chased the mouse. D) It was the cat that chased the mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the cat that chased the mouse. 33. It was last night that they announced the winner. A) A) Subject Cleft. B) B) Object Cleft. C) C) Adverbial Cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Adverbial Cleft. 34. Create a cleft sentence using the word 'guitar'. A) She plays the guitar every day. B) It is the guitar that she plays every day. C) Every day she plays the guitar. D) The guitar is played by her every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the guitar that she plays every day. 35. ..... the first lockdown happened. A) What happened in March 2020 was. B) It was in March 2020 that. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was in March 2020 that. 36. Turn this normal sentence into a cleft sentence I came back because I had forgotten to close the windows. A) The reason why I would come back is because I had forgotten to close the windows. B) The reason for coming back is that I had forgotten to close the windows. C) The reason why I came back is that I had forgotten to close the windows. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The reason why I came back is that I had forgotten to close the windows. 37. Choose the best answer:It ..... that Bermuda got its name. A) Is in 1964. B) Was in 1964. C) Was 1964. D) Is 1964. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was in 1964. 38. Complete the sentence:' ..... is what I need to succeed.' A) We. B) You. C) They. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Me. 39. The thing ..... enjoyed most of the trip was the food. A) All I. B) What I. C) That I. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That I. 40. Choose the best answer:My new book, ..... , is very interesting. A) Is on wild animals. B) It is on wild animals. C) Which is on wild animals. D) To be on wild animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which is on wild animals. 41. The skies became as the moon moved between the Earth and the Sun. A) Surprising dark. B) Surprising darkly. C) Surprisingly darkly. D) Surprisingly dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surprisingly dark. 42. Cracking up during the conference was not a good idea:/The thing that ..... cracking up during the coference. A) Was not a good idea was. B) Not a good idea was. C) Was not a good idea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not a good idea was. 43. Transform into cleft form:He won the award. A) He was awarded the prize. B) It was he who won the award. C) The award was won by him. D) He received the award. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was he who won the award. 44. Which grammar explanation goes with this sentence? Cleft sentences emphasizes ..... The thing that works best for us is the weekly meeting. A) The subject or object of a sentence or an adverbial phrase. B) A noun or verb phrase. C) New information. D) The action or the verb phrase in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A noun or verb phrase. 45. "Did you hear that Cathrine failed her driving test again?""Yes. Such was ..... that she wouldn't speak to anyone for the rest of the day. A) Her disappointment. B) Her disapointment. C) To be disappointed. D) Disappointing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her disappointment. 46. What are the two main types of cleft sentences? A) That-cleft and when-cleft. B) Subject-cleft and object-cleft. C) Why-cleft and where-cleft. D) It-cleft and wh-cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It-cleft and wh-cleft. 47. What role does the subordinating conjunction play in a cleft sentence? A) It highlights the main clause and adds unnecessary complexity to the sentence. B) It introduces the subordinate clause and emphasizes a specific element in the sentence. C) It functions as the main verb in the sentence and provides emphasis. D) It separates the subject from the predicate and clarifies the sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It introduces the subordinate clause and emphasizes a specific element in the sentence. 48. Original:The key was hidden under the mat. A) Who was under the mat where the key was hidden. B) What was under the mat that the key was hidden. C) When was under the mat where the key was hidden. D) It was under the mat where the key was hidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was under the mat where the key was hidden. 49. Turn this normal sentence into a cleft sentence.Anna started the trouble. A) It was Anna who started the trouble. B) It was Anna which started the trouble. C) It was Anna why started the trouble. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Anna who started the trouble. 50. Original:You will pass the exam if you study hard. A) When is if you study hard that you will pass. B) What is if you study hard that you will pass. C) Where is if you study hard that you will pass. D) It is if you study hard that you will pass the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is if you study hard that you will pass the exam. 51. ..... about this job is how demanding it can be. A) The reason I don't like. B) The reason why I don't like. C) That I don't like. D) What I don't like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What I don't like. 52. Original:The children are playing in the garden. A) Where are the children who are playing in the garden. B) It is the children who are playing in the garden. C) What are the children who are playing in the garden. D) When are the children who are playing in the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the children who are playing in the garden. 53. What is the emphasized element in this all-cleft sentence: "All she talked about was the upcoming concert" ? A) She. B) Talked about. C) The upcoming concert. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The upcoming concert. 54. It (A) was her husband (B) who (C) dropped out of his university and (D) setted up his business. A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 55. It was Emma who organized the school event. A) A) Subject Cleft. B) B) Object Cleft. C) C) Adverbial Cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Subject Cleft. 56. He's not normally a food lover, but he likes to eat well when he's on holiday. A) But he does like to eat well when he's on holiday. B) But he did like to eat well when he was on holiday. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But he does like to eat well when he's on holiday. 57. Which sentence does NOT have the same meaning with the other three? A) It is action that we need, not words. B) What we need is action, not words. C) That action is what we need, not words. D) All we need is action, not words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That action is what we need, not words. 58. Which of the following sentence is an example of an It-cleft A) What I need is a break. B) The break was what I needed. C) It was the break that I need. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the break that I need. 59. What is the structure of a cleft sentence with 'what'? A) Subject + verb + what + complement. B) Verb + what + subject + complement. C) What + verb + subject + complement. D) What + complement + subject + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What + verb + subject + complement. 60. Choose the correct ending to this clause:It will be the new supplier A) Who will talk to him aboutthe problem. B) Was the latest version of thequality control agreement. C) Is to make sure the contractis ready. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who will talk to him aboutthe problem. ← 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