This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 3 (30 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) The dog barked at the cat. B) The barked at the mailman dog. C) The mailman barked at the dog. D) It was the dog that barked at the mailman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Is the book that I was looking for. C) It is the book that I was looking for. D) The book is what I was looking for. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) It was 2020 when. B) Was 2020 when. C) 2020 it was. D) 2020 was where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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 in 1966 when. C) A. It was in 1966 that. D) It was on 1966 that. 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) It was in the library. B) In the library that I found the book. C) I found the book. D) The book was found by me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I found the book. 13. The man is learning music. A) It is music that the man was learning. B) It was music that the man was learning. C) It is music that the man is learning. D) It was music that the man is 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 wants he is a new car. C) What he wants is a new car. D) He wants a new car is what. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What he wants is a new car. 15. ..... were you late, but you also forgot to bring the correct documents. A) Not only. B) Only after. C) Under no circumstances. D) Rarely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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 was my neighbors who/that always make noise at night. B) It is my neighbors which always make noise at night. C) It is my neighbors who/that always make noise at night. D) It is my neighbors whom always make noise at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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 that I first met him. B) It is Paris what I first met him in. C) It was Paris that I first met him in was. D) It was in Paris where I first met him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was in Paris that I first met him. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSentence Structure QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCleft Sentences Quiz 1Cleft Sentences Quiz 2Cleft 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