This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It wasn't ..... we expected to win the race, but it was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. A) Who. B) Which. C) Want. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 2. Buy, ..... , bought A) Buy. B) Buyed. C) Bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 3. The reason why he left (a) the embarrassment. A) A. was to avoid. B) Was avoid. C) Is avoiding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. was to avoid. 4. Identify the cleft sentence in the following options:A) He is the one who fixed the car. B) She dances beautifully. C) They are playing in the garden. A) He dances beautifully. B) A) He is the one who fixed the car. C) She is the one who fixed the car. D) They are fixing the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A) He is the one who fixed the car. 5. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:What they did was A) Go out for a long lunch every Friday. B) I like. C) I benefit from is the on-site gym. D) More time for relaxed communication. E) Is the simplicity of having only one business partner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go out for a long lunch every Friday. 6. Both is and are can be correct in cleft sentences when the noun is plural. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. "Budi broke the window." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) It was Budi who broke the window. B) It was Budi broke the window. C) It was Budi whose broke the window. D) It is Budi which broke the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Budi who broke the window. 8. My father is an ..... guitarist. A) Accomplish. B) Accomplished. C) Accomplishment. D) Accomplishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accomplished. 9. What is correct in forming a What-cleft? A) What + verb + to be + clause. B) Clause + be + what. C) Be + clause + what. D) What + clause + be + emphasized info. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What + clause + be + emphasized info. 10. "Rina won the English competition." Which cleft sentence is correct? A) It was Rina won the English competition. B) It was Rina which win the English competition. C) It is Rina which won the English competition. D) It was Rina who won the English competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was Rina who won the English competition. 11. Cleft sentences are used to emphasize adjectives. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 12. Students ..... wear uniforms when they go to school. A) Should. B) Must. C) Ought not to. D) Have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 13. What are 'what-cleft' sentences also known as? A) Inverted sentences. B) It-clefts. C) Emphatic auxiliaries. D) Pseudo-clefts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pseudo-clefts. 14. ? is your lack of self-belief that is holding you back. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 15. Identify the type of cleft sentence in:'It was John who won the race.' A) Declarative sentence. B) Wh-cleft sentence. C) Pseudo-cleft sentence. D) It-cleft sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wh-cleft sentence. 16. Which pattern is correct for an IT-cleft sentence? A) It + has + verb + object. B) It + verb + subject + clause. C) It + do + subject + verb. D) It + be + emphasized part + that/who + clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It + be + emphasized part + that/who + clause. 17. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a cleft sentence with what. A) What surprised me most be her reaction. B) What surprised me most was her reaction. C) What surprised me most is her reactions. D) What surprised me most were her reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What surprised me most was her reaction. 18. ..... took my car. A) It was you. B) It was you that. C) It was you whom. D) It were you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was you that. 19. -He has an annual pass for the museum. A) Why her annual pass she goes to the museum. B) It was for her annual pass why she went to the museum. C) Why she goes to the museum is because she has an annual pass. D) Why she went to the museum is because she has an annual pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why she goes to the museum is because she has an annual pass. 20. The dog barked at the stranger. A) It was the stranger which was barked at by the dog. B) It is the stranger who was barked at by the dog. C) It was the stranger who was barked at by the dog. D) It was the stranger whom was barked at by the dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the stranger who was barked at by the dog. 21. Is this a cleft sentence:It is you who can do this. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 22. They really love the lyrics of the song A) What they really loves the lyrics of the song. B) What they really love are the lyrics of the song. C) What they really love is the lyrics of the song. D) What they love really the lyrics of the song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What they really love is the lyrics of the song. 23. ? makes me happy is a good movie and some food. A) What. B) It. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 24. Choose the sentence that correctly emphasizes the subject A) It is Aidana who writes poems in her free time. B) It is writing poems that Aidana does in her free time. C) It is poems that Aidana writes in her free time. D) It is in her free time that Aidana writes poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is Aidana who writes poems in her free time. 25. Which of the following sentences is NOT a cleft sentence? A) 'It was the cat that chased the mouse.' B) 'The cat chased the mouse.' A) Chasing the mouse was the cat. B) B. C) It was the dog that chased the cat. D) The mouse was chased by the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 26. He bought an iphone 17 in the store last week. A) It was last week that He bought an iphone 17 in the store. B) It was the store that He bought an iphone 17 last week. C) It was he that bought, an iphone 17 in the store last week. D) It was an iphone 17 that he bought in the store last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was an iphone 17 that he bought in the store last week. 27. Transform 'She enjoys painting' into a cleft sentence. A) It is painting that she enjoys. B) It is she who enjoys painting. C) She is painting that enjoys. D) Painting is what she enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is painting that she enjoys. 28. Convert to a What-Cleft Sentence:'She really enjoys outdoor activities.' A) What she really enjoys are outdoor activities. B) What she enjoys is outdoor activities really. C) What she enjoys are activities outdoors. D) What really enjoys her are outdoor activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What she really enjoys are outdoor activities. 29. The thing that drives me mad is their attitude. A) The thing (interests/ surprises/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . B) The reason why is . C) The (thing/ place/ person ) that (surprises interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The (thing/ place/ person ) that (surprises interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . 30. Susan doesn't like oysters, ..... ? A) She does. B) Does she. C) Doesn't she. D) Did she. 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