This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... is by attaching your computer to two monitors. A) The reason. B) The way you can make your work easier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way you can make your work easier. 2. Choose the correct option. It was my friends ..... supported me. A) Which. B) Who. C) When. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who. 3. Give an example of a cleft sentence using 'who' as the cleft phrase. A) It was John who didn't participate in the race. B) It was John who lost the race. C) It was John who won the race. D) It was John who came in second place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was John who won the race. 4. You are to blame for the damage.$\rightarrow$ ..... to blame for the damage. A) It was you whom were. B) It is you that are. C) It was you that were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is you that are. 5. It was a letter ..... she received from her aunt yesterday. A) That. B) Whom. C) Where. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 6. When I went to Bali, I was really struck by how relaxed the people were. A) What really struck me was how relaxed the people were. B) What really struck me is how relaxed the people are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What really struck me was how relaxed the people were. 7. Which of these sentences uses a cleft structure? A) I completed the assignment before the deadline. B) Harry was the guy who told me about this assignment. C) The assignment was done quickly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harry was the guy who told me about this assignment. 8. Write a cleft sentence with 'what' to emphasize the object. A) What I like is a new phone. B) What I need is a new car. C) What I have is a new job. D) What I want is a new house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I need is a new car. 9. Transform into cleft form:The movie scared her. A) The movie was scared by her. B) It was the audience that scared her. C) It was her that scared the movie. D) It was the movie that scared her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the movie that scared her. 10. Children become more independent as they ..... older. A) Stay. B) Grow. C) Look. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grow. 11. It was the letter that arrived this morning. 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. 12. Sarah grew from the hours of overtime at work. It became quite that she needed a long vacation. A) Tiredly/obvious. B) Tired/obviously. C) Tired/obvious. D) Tiredly/obviously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tired/obvious. 13. .... Ruth St. Dennis turned to Asian dances to find inspiration for her choreography. A) That the dancer. B) The dancer was. C) The dancer. D) It was the dancer that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the dancer that. 14. Discuss the impact of cleft sentences on sentence structure. A) Cleft sentences make sentences shorter. B) Cleft sentences complicate sentence structure unnecessarily. C) Cleft sentences impact sentence structure by emphasizing a particular element or information. D) Cleft sentences have no impact on sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleft sentences impact sentence structure by emphasizing a particular element or information. 15. What surprises me the most is how quickly the scent of fresh flowers fills the room. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 16. Choose the correct ending to this clause:Something they forgot to take A) Is working independently. B) Was the latest version of thequality control agreement. C) Not the work his colleaguesare doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was the latest version of thequality control agreement. 17. "It was Maria who completed the project on time."This sentence is cleft sentence A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. ..... that he became successful as a famous writer. A) It was at the age of 20. B) At the age of 20 it was. C) At the age of 20. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was at the age of 20. 19. ..... , she got up and began to prepare a meal for her children. A) Tired as she was. B) Tired she was but. C) However she was tired. D) Although tired she was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tired as she was. 20. The word "sleep" is a linking verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. How can cleft sentences help in emphasizing certain information? A) By placing the emphasized element at the end of the sentence. B) By using passive voice in the sentence. C) By using complex sentence structures. D) By placing the emphasized element at the beginning of the sentence and using specific structures such as 'It is/was that' or 'What is/was '. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By placing the emphasized element at the beginning of the sentence and using specific structures such as 'It is/was that' or 'What is/was '. 22. ..... I dislike about him ..... his rudeness. A) Who / are. B) What / are. C) Who / is. D) What / is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What / is. 23. What ..... is the subtle hint of vanilla. A) Makes this perfume unique. B) This perfume makes unique. C) This perfume unique makes. D) Unique perfume makes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes this perfume unique. 24. Original:They will travel to Paris next month. A) Where is next month when they will travel to Paris. B) What is next month when they will travel to Paris. C) It is next month when they will travel to Paris. D) Who is next month when they will travel to Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is next month when they will travel to Paris. 25. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was the teacher who gave us the assignment. A) The assignment was given by the teacher. B) The teacher gave us the assignment. C) It was the teacher who gave us the assignment. D) The assignment was given to us by the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the teacher who gave us the assignment. 26. .... who was elected the first woman mayor of Chicago in 1979. A) It was Jane Byrne. B) That Jane Byrne. C) When Jane Byrne. D) Jane Byrne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Jane Byrne. 27. Which of the following sentences is NOT an example of a cleft sentence? A) All she needed was a cup of coffee. B) Taking Louis to the match is what the boys are doing. C) He found the missing key in the morning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He found the missing key in the morning. 28. Normal:They bought a new car.Which is the correct cleft sentence?? A) A) What they did was buy a new car. B) B) What bought them was a new car. C) C) It was a new car what they bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) What they did was buy a new car. 29. Choose the best answer: ..... took my car. A) It was you that. B) It was you. C) It were you. D) It was you whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was you that. 30. Original:He felt sad because his team lost. A) What he felt sad was because his team lost. B) When he felt sad was because his team lost. C) Why he felt sad was because his team lost. D) Where he felt sad was because his team lost. 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