This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was the dog that barked at the mailman. A) It was the dog that barked at the mailman. B) The barked at the mailman dog. C) The mailman barked at the dog. D) The dog barked at the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the dog that barked at the mailman. 2. ..... the police had rescued from the fire.A. The babyB. The baby thatC. It was the baby whomD. It is the baby whom A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 3. What is the source of irritation in the cleft sentence: "What bothers me is his lack of punctuality" ? A) Bothers. B) Me. C) Lack. D) Punctuality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punctuality. 4. The firefighter saved many lives from the fire yesterday. A) Yesterday was the day when the firefighter save many lives. B) It was the firefighter who saved many lives from the fire yesterday. C) Many lives in which the firefighter who saved the many lives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the firefighter who saved many lives from the fire yesterday. 5. Construct a cleft sentence using the word 'book'. A) The book that I was looking for is. B) It is the book that I was looking for. C) Is the book that I was looking for. D) The book is what I was looking for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the book that I was looking for. 6. It's important to find a solution when communication breaks down. (Wh-) A) What's important is to find when communication breaks down. B) What's communication breaks down is important is to find. C) What's important is to find a solution when communication breaks down. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What's important is to find a solution when communication breaks down. 7. ..... the whole world started to suffer from the pandemic. A) Was 2020 when. B) It was 2020 when. C) 2020 was where. D) 2020 it was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was 2020 when. 8. The ..... that's fascinating about it is how it's changed over the years. A) Thing. B) Things. C) One. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thing. 9. What ..... most exciting was that none of us had been abroad before. A) Are. B) The. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 10. (a) England won the World Cup. A) It was 1966 in that. B) It was on 1966 that. C) A. It was in 1966 that. D) It was in 1966 when. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. It was in 1966 that. 11. What I enjoy most about writing is ..... fact that you create your own world. A) It. B) A. C) The. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The. 12. Identify the main clause in the following sentence:'It was in the library that I found the book.' A) I found the book. B) In the library that I found the book. C) The book was found by me. D) It was in the library. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I found the book. 13. The man is learning music. A) It was music that the man is learning. B) It was music that the man was learning. C) It is music that the man is learning. D) It is music that the man was learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is music that the man is learning. 14. Rearrange the words to form a cleft sentence:What / he / wants / is / a new car. A) Is what he wants a new car. B) What he wants is a new car. C) He wants a new car is what. D) What wants he is a new car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What he wants is a new car. 15. ..... were you late, but you also forgot to bring the correct documents. A) Rarely. B) Only after. C) Under no circumstances. D) Not only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not only. 16. You need to be honest with your business partner. (The person) A) The person you need to be honest with is your business partner. B) The business partner you need is to be honest with the person. C) The person to be honest you need is with your business partner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The person you need to be honest with is your business partner. 17. We use a cleft sentence to add new or important information to what the listener already knows. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Too many people ..... without verifying the facts. A) Share opinion on. B) Make assumptions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make assumptions. 19. A cleft sentence is a complex sentence that has a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 20. ..... about whether her methods were scientifically valid. A) My own considered opinion is that. B) I have serious misgivings about her research, and I have doubts. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have serious misgivings about her research, and I have doubts. 21. The heatwave killed many animals in the forest. A) That was the heatwave which killed many animals in the forest. B) That was the forest where the heatwave killed many animals. C) Many animals were killed by the heatwave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That was the forest where the heatwave killed many animals. 22. My neighbors always make noise at night. A) It is my neighbors whom always make noise at night. B) It is my neighbors who/that always make noise at night. C) It is my neighbors which always make noise at night. D) It was my neighbors who/that always make noise at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is my neighbors who/that always make noise at night. 23. On the whole I love Sao Paolo, but I can't stand the traffic. A) I love Sao Paolo what I can't stand is the traffic. B) I love Sao Paolo but what I can't stand is the traffic. C) What I love Sao Paolo is that I can't stand is the traffic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I love Sao Paolo but what I can't stand is the traffic. 24. Choose the correct pseudo-cleft sentence. A) What I miss the most it is the countryside. B) That I miss the most is the countryside. C) What I miss the most is the countryside. D) The countryside is what I miss that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I miss the most is the countryside. 25. When people drive too fast, it really annoys me. A) The thing that really annoys me is who drive. B) When people drive too fast annoys me. C) The thing that really annoys me is when people drive too fast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The thing that really annoys me is when people drive too fast. 26. Only when ..... the ticket again did I realise that I had won first prize! A) Had I checked. B) Have I checked. C) I checked. D) I have checked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I checked. 27. The professor advised the prime minister to implement wind energy in the country. A) Wind energy in the country will be implemented according to the professors advice. B) The prime minister who followed the adviced to implement wind energy in the country. C) That is the professor who advised the prime minister to implement wind energy in the country. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That is the professor who advised the prime minister to implement wind energy in the country. 28. There was a serious ..... among the committee members regarding the project's priorities. A) Difference of opinion. B) Doubt on the conclusion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Difference of opinion. 29. ..... I did was tell him the truth. I think he deserved it. A) Who. B) That. C) All. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All. 30. Choose the correct it-cleft sentence. A) It was in Paris where I first met him. B) It was in Paris that I first met him. C) It is Paris what I first met him in. D) It was Paris that I first met him in was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was in Paris that I first met him. 31. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... the details you really need to pay attention to. A) What's. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's. 32. ..... me how to play the drum.A. It was my uncle who taughtB. My uncle who taughtC. It was my uncle taughtD. It is my uncle teaching A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 33. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:What she needs is a good night's sleep. A) She needs a good night's sleep. B) What is a good night's sleep. C) What she needs is. D) Is what she needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What she needs is. 34. Choose the correct pseudo-cleft. A) What surprised everyone it was how quickly he adapted. B) That surprised everyone was how he adapted what. C) How quickly he adapted is what surprised it. D) What surprised everyone was how quickly he adapted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What surprised everyone was how quickly he adapted. 35. ..... once did the old woman thank me for helping her. A) In no way. B) Not. C) On no account. D) At no time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 36. What did they ask for in the cleft sentence: "All they asked for was a second chance" ? A) Asked. B) Second. C) Chance. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chance. 37. What I don't understand ..... jogging is how you don't get bored! A) Thing. B) About. C) Because. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About. 38. Co-founders need to have a clear legal agreement. (The thing that) A) That co-founders need is a clear legal agreement. B) The thing that co-founders need is a clear legal agreement. C) The thing that clear legal agreement is co-founders. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The thing that co-founders need is a clear legal agreement. 39. WH cleft sentences are also called pseudo cleft sentences. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 40. The window was broken by a cricket ball. A) The window is what is broken by a cricket ball. B) The cricket ball was what breaks the window. C) It was a window that broke the cricket ball. D) It was a cricket ball that broke the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was a cricket ball that broke the window. 41. Arrange the words to make a cleft sentence:It / was / the cat / that / knocked / over / the vase. A) The vase was knocked over by the cat that it was. B) It was the cat that knocked over the vase. C) The cat was it that knocked over the vase. D) It was knocked over the vase that the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the cat that knocked over the vase. 42. ..... my parents gave me the teddy bear. A) It was on my birthday when. B) It was my birthday on that. C) It was my birthday who. D) It was on my birthday that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was on my birthday that. 43. Arrange the words to make a cleft sentence:The person / who / won / the race / was / my brother. A) The person was my brother who won the race. B) The person was won by my brother who the race. C) My brother was the person who won the race. D) The person was won the race by my brother who. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother was the person who won the race. 44. Start-up founders need a good communication skills. (It) A) It's a communication skills that start.up founders need. B) It's a good communication skills that start.up founders need. C) It's a founders need that a good communication skills. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's a good communication skills that start.up founders need. 45. Getting through the summer without getting injured was the only thing the athlete wanted. A) At no time did the athlete wanted to get through the summer without getting injured. B) All that the athlete wanted was getting through the summer without getting injured. C) Nothing that the athlete wanted more was getting through the summer without getting injured. D) No sooner had the athlete wanted to get through the summer than she got injured. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All that the athlete wanted was getting through the summer without getting injured. 46. The other ..... I enjoy is being with my friends in the open air. A) What. B) Thing. C) That. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thing. 47. ..... when it comes to defining what true equality means in society. A) The popular belief. B) We are poles apart. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are poles apart. 48. The word "cleft" means partially united. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. There are lots of facilities where we go camping. A) Who go camping where there are lots of facilities are we. B) What are there lots of facilities in where we go camping. C) The place where we go camping has lots of facilities. D) The things there are where we go camping are lots of facilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The place where we go camping has lots of facilities. 50. Dave really wants to try surfing. A) It's Dave who wants to try surfing. B) Who Dave wants to try surfing. C) Dave who wants to try surfing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's Dave who wants to try surfing. 51. ..... I failed the test was I didn't study. A) The reason why. B) The thing. C) One thing. D) Something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason why. 52. It was the girls ..... won the top science prize yesterday. A) What. B) Who. C) It. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who. 53. Construct a cleft sentence using the word 'phone'. A) The phone is what I need right now. B) What I need right now is the phone. C) The phone that I need right now. D) It is the phone that I need right now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I need right now is the phone. 54. People seeing me fall was the thing ..... most embarrassed me! A) That. B) What. C) Of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 55. When did the event occur in the cleft sentence: "It was last night that the power went out" ? A) Power. B) Last night. C) Went. D) Out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last night. 56. ..... that the data were misinterpreted during the initial analysis. A) I have reason to believe. B) As a matter of opinion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have reason to believe. 57. Poor communication causes problems. (Wh-) A) It causes problems that poor communication. B) What causes poor communication is problems. C) What causes problems is poor communication. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What causes problems is poor communication. 58. You will grow those vegetables faster if you give fertilizers to them. A) Those vegetables which grow faster if you give fertilzers. B) If you give fertilizers you will grow those vegetables faster. C) To grow those vegetables was to give fertilizers to them. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To grow those vegetables was to give fertilizers to them. 59. What does she need now according to the cleft sentence: "What she needs now is a good vacation" ? A) Vacation. B) Now. C) Needs. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vacation. 60. I have trouble waking up early for work. A) What I have trouble doing is waking up early for work. B) What I waking up early for work is I have trouble doing it. C) Early for work is what I trouble waking up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I have trouble doing is waking up early for work. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSentence Structure QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCleft Sentences Quiz 1Cleft Sentences Quiz 3Cleft Sentences Quiz 4Cleft Sentences Quiz 5Cleft Sentences Quiz 6Cleft Sentences Quiz 7Cleft Sentences Quiz 8Cleft Sentences Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books