This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It was the dog ..... the boy hit in the garden. A) Who. B) In which. C) Where. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 2. Give an example of a cleft sentence using 'it is' as the cleft phrase. A) It is Sarah who won the race. B) It is Tom who won the race. C) It is John who won the race. D) It is Mary who won the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is John who won the race. 3. What is the phobia of flying called? A) Aerophobia. B) Acrophobia. C) Claustrophobia. D) Aviophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aviophobia. 4. I was surprised by the complexity of her argument. A) I was surprised by the complexity of her argument. B) What surprised me was the complexity of her argument. C) The complexity of her argument surprised me. D) It was the complexity of her argument what surprised me. E) Options green and pink are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Options green and pink are correct. 5. ..... had we arrived when it started to rain. A) Hardly. B) Not only. C) At no. D) Seldom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly. 6. THERE IS ONE WRONG ANSWER. WHICH ONE IS IT?We need a person to take over the project. A) What we need is a person to take over the project. B) It is a person to take over the project who we need. C) A person to take over the project is who we need. D) The thing that we need is a person to take over the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The thing that we need is a person to take over the project. 7. These watermelons were sweet. A) Excepting. B) Exception. C) Exceptional. D) Exceptionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exceptionally. 8. Give an example of a cleft sentence using 'what' as the cleft phrase. A) What I want is a new car. B) What I desire is a new car. C) What I like is a new car. D) What I need is a new car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I want is a new car. 9. Original:The noise woke everyone up. A) Where was the noise that woke everyone up. B) It was the noise that woke everyone up. C) When was the noise that woke everyone up. D) What was the noise that woke everyone up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the noise that woke everyone up. 10. Transform into cleft form:She loves chocolate. A) It is she who loves chocolate. B) Chocolate loves she. C) It is chocolate that she loves. D) She loves vanilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is chocolate that she loves. 11. I find the intensity of the spicy flavor overwhelming. A) What I find is the intensity of the spicy flavor overwhelming. B) What I find overwhelming is the intensity of the spicy flavor. C) What I overwhelm is the find of intensity of the spicy flavor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I find overwhelming is the intensity of the spicy flavor. 12. Original:The meeting is in the conference room. A) What is in the conference room where the meeting is. B) It is in the conference room where the meeting is. C) When is in the conference room where the meeting is. D) Who is in the conference room where the meeting is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is in the conference room where the meeting is. 13. Original:The problem started when the power went out. A) Who the problem started was when the power went out. B) Where the problem started was when the power went out. C) What the problem started was when the power went out. D) When the problem started was when the power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the problem started was when the power went out. 14. Original:She called him yesterday. A) It was yesterday when she called him. B) What was yesterday when she called him. C) Where was yesterday when she called him. D) Who was yesterday when she called him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was yesterday when she called him. 15. Such a valuable painting is it/it is that the museum had to hire 5 security guards to protect it. A) It is. B) Is it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is. 16. Inversions ..... the books BEEN cheaper, I ..... them all. A) Had/ would bought. B) Had/ would have bought. C) Has/ would have bought. D) Have/would have bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had/ would have bought. 17. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence below ..... I would do is wait for the instructions A) That I said. B) It is what. C) What I said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I said. 18. Choose the best answer.It is the English exam that the students most worry about. A) It was the English exam the students most worry about. B) It is the English exam that is most worried about by the students. C) It is the English exam that the students most worried about. D) It was the English exam that the students most worry about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the English exam that is most worried about by the students. 19. ..... seeing the doctor was Theresa allowed to leave. A) Just after. B) Only when. C) Only after. D) After only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only after. 20. Normal:Maria cooked dinner yesterday.Which is the correct cleft sentence? A) A) What Maria did was cook dinner yesterday. B) B) It was dinner that Maria yesterday cooked. C) C) What yesterday was Maria cooked dinner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) What Maria did was cook dinner yesterday. 21. Which grammar explanation goes with this sentence? Cleft sentences emphasizes ..... It is his line manager who is asking him to stay late this time, not his colleagues. A) A noun or verb phrase. B) The subject or object of a sentence or an adverbial phrase. C) New information. D) The action or the verb phrase in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New information. 22. Rewrite the sentence.Her sad story made me cry. A) It was her sad stories that make me cry. B) It was her sad story that made me cry. C) It is her sad story that make me cry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was her sad story that made me cry. 23. I need a scholarship to continue studying. A) I need a scholarship to continue studying. B) It was a scholarship what I needed to continue studying. C) What I need is a scholarship to continue studying. D) A scholarship to continue studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I need is a scholarship to continue studying. 24. The ..... thing I really love is to play soccer. A) Only. B) Never. C) One. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 25. Nate does not really trust Dan, and Blair had to say neither did she/she did. A) She did. B) Did she. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did she. 26. Choose the correct ending to this clause:The thing I like about my job A) Who will talk to him aboutthe problem. B) Is working independently. C) Is to make sure the contractis ready. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is working independently. 27. The trainee stole our boss' wallet. A) Who stolen the trainee was our boos. B) Who stole the traine was our boss. C) Who stole the wallet of our boss was the trainee. D) My boss was stolen. It was the trainee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who stole the wallet of our boss was the trainee. 28. Rewrite the sentence. I dislike his dishonesty the most. A) It was his dishonesty who I disliked the most. B) His dishonesty that I dislike the most. C) It is his dishonesty that I dislike the most. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is his dishonesty that I dislike the most. 29. Find the linking verb.Jack broke up with his girlfriend, but he didn't look sad when I saw him. A) Saw. B) Sad. C) Broke. D) Look. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look. 30. What is the main purpose of using a cleft sentence with 'what'? A) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. B) To hide important information. C) To emphasize the complete sentence. D) To confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. ← 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