This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following cleft sentences emphasizes the time of action? A) It was on the weekend that we went hiking. B) It was the teacher who explained the concept. C) It was a difficult exam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was on the weekend that we went hiking. 2. Which sentence correctly emphasizes place? A) It was at home where I studied. B) It was at home that I studied. C) It was home that I studied. D) It was at home which I studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was at home that I studied. 3. Transform:He bought the car yesterday. A) The car was what he buy yesterday. B) What he bought was yesterday a car. C) It was yesterday that he bought the car. D) It was a car yesterday he bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was yesterday that he bought the car. 4. Select the sentence that correctly emphasizes the reason A) The reason why she is studying hard is to get a scholarship. B) It is to get a scholarship why she is studying hard. C) It is studying hard that she does to get a scholarship. D) What she is doing is studying hard to get a scholarship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason why she is studying hard is to get a scholarship. 5. ? you need is to go for a run and clear your head. A) What. B) It. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 6. Is this a cleft sentence:What matters most is kindness. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 7. When the verb in the what clause is in the past, the verb to be is also in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. "He passed the exam because of hard work." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) It was because of hard work he pass the exam. B) It is because hard work that he passed the exam. C) It was hard work he passed the exam. D) It was because of hard work that he passed the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was because of hard work that he passed the exam. 9. Nobody knows who invited the wheel, ..... ? A) Do they. B) Don't they. C) Does it. D) Doesn't it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do they. 10. Rarely ..... out after 9.00. A) My sister does go. B) Did my sister go. C) Does my sister go. D) My sister goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does my sister go. 11. In the cleft sentence "It's the delicious aroma that attracted us, " what is emphasized? A) The act of being attracted. B) The delicious aroma. C) Us. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The delicious aroma. 12. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... why the instructions are downloadable is so that we can update them easily. A) The reason. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason. 13. My mom is making some cakes for our dinner. A) It is some cakes that were made for dinner by my mom. B) It was some cakes who were made for dinner by my mom. C) It was some cakes whom were made for dinner by my mom. D) It was some cakes that were made for dinner by my mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was some cakes that were made for dinner by my mom. 14. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cleft sentence? A) What she loves is traveling the world. B) It was my brother who found the missing keys. C) The reason why I left early was because I was tired. D) She enjoys swimming in the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She enjoys swimming in the morning. 15. I am quite keen on my father's valuable stamp ..... A) Collect. B) Collecting. C) Collection. D) Collector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collection. 16. It ..... until I was round the corner that I realised I was still wearing my slippers. A) Was. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 17. ..... , ate, eaten A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Ite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eat. 18. ? I believe is that education matters, because without it, countries can't develop. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 19. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... we did was offer the app as a free download. A) What. B) How. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 20. How is an 'it-cleft' sentence structured? A) It uses inversion for emphasis. B) It starts with 'what'. C) It includes the word 'do' as an auxiliary verb. D) It begins with 'it', followed by a linking verb and a relative clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It begins with 'it', followed by a linking verb and a relative clause. 21. No cleft:I read a bored story.Cleft:What ..... a bored story. A) I read are. B) I read was. C) I reading was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I read was. 22. What ..... was splash out on some new clothes. A) Did I. B) I did. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I did. 23. ..... that was bought by Bill. A) A. It was the fish. B) B. It was the fish that. C) C. It is the fish that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. It was the fish that. 24. What you could do is ..... for a run in the morning, before work. A) Going. B) Go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 25. "We need time to think." A) What we need is time to think. B) What we need was time to think. C) What we need are time to think. D) What we needed is time to think. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What we need is time to think. 26. It was my teacher ..... inspired me. A) Which. B) That. C) Who. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 27. ? upsets me most is that tuition fees are going up. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 28. "What she did was to ..... the files." A) Sends. B) Sent. C) Sending. D) Send. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Send. 29. It ..... at the bank that the wanted man changed the money. A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) Being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 30. What is the correct definition of a cleft sentence? A) A type of sentence used to express emotions. B) A type of sentence used to confuse the reader. C) A type of sentence that has been split into two clauses. D) A type of complex sentence used to emphasize a particular part of a statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A type of complex sentence used to emphasize a particular part of a statement. ← 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