This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best describes an action cleft? A) Emphasizes a place. B) Emphasizes an action. C) Emphasizes a person. D) Emphasizes a time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emphasizes an action. 2. Which of the following is a correct cleft sentence? A) The weather is what I didn't like. B) The weather that I didn't like is it. C) What I didn't like is the weather. D) It was the weather that I didn't like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the weather that I didn't like. 3. Feel, felt, ..... A) Feeled. B) Felted. C) Felt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Felt. 4. Hardly ..... asleep when the phone woke him up. A) The doctor fell. B) The doctor had fallen. C) Did the doctor fall. D) Had the doctor fallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had the doctor fallen. 5. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:What I like A) Is the simplicity of having only one business partner. B) Go out for a long lunch every Friday. C) More time for relaxed communication. D) I benefit from is the on-site gym. E) I like. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the simplicity of having only one business partner. 6. The finance director ..... you need to discuss these budget issues with, not me. A) Is the person. B) The person who. C) Who the person is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the person. 7. When I said 'Stop being stupid', it was ..... you I was talking to; ..... was James I was talking to A) Not-it. B) N't-he. C) Not-who. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not-it. 8. In cleft sentences, what is the closest meaning of 'all'? A) The thing. B) You are a thing. C) Any thing. D) The only thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The only thing. 9. How are cleft sentences different from simple sentences? A) Cleft sentences always end with a question mark. B) Cleft sentences emphasize a particular part of the sentence by moving it to the beginning. C) Cleft sentences are shorter than simple sentences. D) Cleft sentences have no emphasis on any part of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleft sentences emphasize a particular part of the sentence by moving it to the beginning. 10. Which is a wh-cleft? A) It was she who called. B) What I need is a nap. C) It was last week that we met. D) It was John who helped me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I need is a nap. 11. "They met at the cafeteria." Which cleft sentence is correct? A) It is cafeteria they met at. B) It was at the cafeteria that they met. C) It was the cafeteria that they met. D) It was at the cafeteria where they met. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was at the cafeteria that they met. 12. Which introductory words are commonly used in cleft sentences? A) What, it, the thing. B) When, while, since. C) Because, although, if. D) Who, which, whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What, it, the thing. 13. Identify the focus in the following cleft sentence:It was John who ate all the cookies. A) John. B) Michael. C) Peter. D) David. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John. 14. Which sentence best emphasizes the doer? A) It was homework that Andi finished. B) It was Andi who finished the homework. C) It was finished that Andi did. D) It is Andi which finished the homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Andi who finished the homework. 15. Transform:The teacher gave me advice. A) It were the teacher who gave me advice. B) It was the teacher who gave me advice. C) The advice what the teacher gave me was. D) It was the teacher which gave me advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the teacher who gave me advice. 16. What we understood ..... the play started at eight o'clock. A) Was. B) Is that. C) Was that. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was that. 17. Identify the focused element in this wh-cleft sentence:What she wants is a vacation. A) Wants. B) She. C) What. D) A vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A vacation. 18. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was the cake that I baked it.' A) Missing subject in the sentence. B) Incorrect verb tense used. C) Redundant pronoun 'it' at the end of the sentence. D) Misplaced modifier in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Redundant pronoun 'it' at the end of the sentence. 19. What is the main purpose of cleft sentences? A) To ask a question. B) To correct speaker. C) To add emphasis. D) To make the sentence shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To add emphasis. 20. It was in London ..... they met. A) Who. B) That. C) When. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 21. Create a cleft sentence using the word 'what'. A) What I really like is pizza. B) What I really need is a vacation. C) What I really want is a new car. D) What I really want is a new house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I really want is a new car. 22. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was the team who won the championship last year.' A) The use of 'that' instead of 'who'. B) The sentence is grammatically correct as is. C) The use of 'who' instead of 'that'. D) The use of 'who' is appropriate for referring to a team. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of 'who' instead of 'that'. 23. In cleft sentences, what is the closest meaning of 'what'? A) Any thing. B) Most things. C) The thing. D) The only thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The thing. 24. Identify the type of cleft sentence:'It is my brother who plays the guitar.' A) Pseudo-cleft sentence. B) Wh-cleft sentence. C) Subject cleft sentence. D) It-cleft sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wh-cleft sentence. 25. ..... I'm trying to say ..... you should be careful. A) What-is. B) Who-is. C) What-are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What-is. 26. It seems that I am wrong, ..... ? A) Amn't I. B) Aren't I. C) Am not I. D) Are I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aren't I. 27. ..... he needs is a good night's sleep. A) Where. B) What. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 28. ..... a high level of blood cholesterol.A. It is eggs that containB. Those are eggs it containsC. It is eggs that containD. It is eggs contains A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 29. Transform the following sentence into cleft form:'The movie surprised everyone.' A) It was everyone who surprised the movie. B) Everyone was surprised by the movie. C) The movie was surprising to everyone. D) It was the movie that surprised everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the movie that surprised everyone. 30. What she wants ..... a new phone. A) Were. B) Are. C) Be. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. ← 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