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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I love my father most. A) It was my father whom I love most. B) It is my father that I love most. C) It was my father that I love most. D) It is my father which I love most. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is my father that I love most. 2. Arrange the words to make a cleft sentence:What / she / needs / is / a vacation. A) She is what needs a vacation. B) Is what she needs a vacation. C) What she needs is a vacation. D) What needs she is a vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What she needs is a vacation. 3. ..... my parents gave me the fish tank.A. It was on my birthday whenB. It was my birthday on thatC. It was my birthday thatD. It was on my birthday that A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 4. Construct a cleft sentence using the word 'teacher'. A) The teacher is the one who helped me with my project. B) It was the teacher who helped me with my project. C) The teacher, who helped me with my project. D) The teacher helped me with my project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the teacher who helped me with my project. 5. Hardly had I closed my eyes ..... I dropped off to sleep. A) Then. B) Than. C) Where. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 6. Choose the cleft sentence that emphasizes the time: A) Yesterday, I met her. B) I met her at yesterday. C) I met her yesterday. D) It was yesterday that I met her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was yesterday that I met her. 7. Seeing Patricia cry like that made me feel guilty. A) What was making me feel guilty was seeing Patricia cry like that. B) What made me feel guilty is seeing Patricia cry like that. C) What made me feel guilty was seeing Patricia cry like that. D) What made me felt guilty was seeing Patricia cry like that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What made me feel guilty was seeing Patricia cry like that. 8. The drought made many people suffer in this area. A) It was the drought which made many people suffer in this area. B) It was this area which was suffered by the drought. C) The drought was the one that made many people suffer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the drought which made many people suffer in this area. 9. What I saw at the dance party surprised me. A) It was what I saw at the dance party that surprised me. B) It was you saw at the dance party surprised me. C) It was I saw at the dance party what surprised me. D) It was I saw at the dance party that surprised me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was what I saw at the dance party that surprised me. 10. What we did was ..... a letter to explain. A) Wrote. B) Written. C) Write. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 11. It was Tom ..... to help us.A. comesB. that comesC. to comeD. who came A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 12. The place ..... the long beach. A) I loving is. B) That I love is. C) I love it's. D) Where I love is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That I love is. 13. We punished him in order to teach him a lesson. A) It was in order to teach him a lesson that we punished him. B) It was we punished him in order to teach him a lesson. C) It was us teach him a lesson so that we punished him. D) It was in order to teach him a lesson which we punished him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was in order to teach him a lesson that we punished him. 14. ..... education should aim to develop critical thinking rather than mere memorization. A) I firmly believe that. B) We are poles apart. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I firmly believe that. 15. I bought this motorbike in 2001. A) A. It was this motorbike that I bought in 2001. B) It is this motorbike that I buy in 2001. C) It was this motorbike that I buy in 2001. D) It is this motorbike that I bought in 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It was this motorbike that I bought in 2001. 16. ..... I love the most in this world is food<3 A) What. B) It. C) Who. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 17. Personal conflict causes businesses to fail. (It) A) It's personal conflict that causes businesses to fail. B) It's causes businesses that personal conflict to fail. C) It's personal conflict who causes businesses to fail. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's personal conflict that causes businesses to fail. 18. Whether art should serve a social purpose or exist for its own sake is ..... A) A matter of opinion. B) A reason to believe. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A matter of opinion. 19. It-cleft sentences are usually made of three clauses. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. People need to learn to relax! A) What people need to do is learn to relax. B) What relax need is to be needed. C) What people relax is a needed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What people need to do is learn to relax. 21. ..... that money automatically brings happiness has been challenged by recent psychological studies. A) The popular belief. B) I share your opinion on. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The popular belief. 22. ..... I bought the golden fish.A. It was from this shop thatB. I was from this shop whereC. It was this shop whichD. It was this shop that A) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 23. When were the new rules announced in the cleft sentence: "It was on Monday that the new rules were announced" ? A) New. B) Monday. C) Rules. D) Announced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monday. 24. What activity is highlighted in the cleft sentence: "What he really enjoys is hiking in the mountains" ? A) Mountains. B) He. C) Hiking. D) Enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hiking. 25. You gave her a bunch of rose last week.=>It was that who gave her a bunch of rose last week. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 26. It is the long beach outside the city ..... A) That I love. B) I love. C) Where I love is. D) Where I love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That I love. 27. Carol was willing to lend an ear to John when he broke ..... with his girlfriend. A) Away. B) Out. C) Down. D) Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up. 28. Batman was born in Kripton. A) No, it was Superman who born in Kripton. B) No, it was Superman who born in Kripton. C) No, it was Superman who was born in Kripton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, it was Superman who was born in Kripton. 29. Cleft sentences are used to add A) Emphasis. B) Drama. C) Dialog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasis. 30. It was on last Sunday that I ..... fishing with my friends. A) Gone. B) Go. C) Goes. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 31. I really love hotdogs. A) What I really liked was hotdogs. B) It was hotdogs what I really liked. C) It is hotdogs that I really love. D) It is hotdogs which I really like. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is hotdogs that I really love. 32. It is Mr.Ron who ..... me English A) Teaching. B) Teaches. C) Taught. D) Teach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teaches. 33. A:What happened then?B:The only ..... I remember is something hitting the back of my head. A) Reason. B) Person. C) Thing. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thing. 34. Use split sentences to rewrite the sentence below.We had our first date in a romantic park. A) It was in a romantic park that we have our first date. B) It is in a romantic park that we had our first date. C) It is in a romantic park that we have our first date. D) It was in a romantic park that we had our first date. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was in a romantic park that we had our first date. 35. What moved everybody ..... the performance of the singer. A) Was. B) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 36. A:Didn't you cancel the meeting?B. No, ..... was John who cancelled it. A) It. B) He. C) What. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 37. They arrived on monday (emphasis on the day) A) It was on monday who they arrived. B) They arrive on monday that is the day. C) It was on monday what they arrived. D) It was on monday when they arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was on monday when they arrived. 38. What motivated me ..... the many messages that I received. A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 39. I love the long beach outside the city. A) The only thing I love outside the city is the long beach. B) The reason that I love the long beach is outside the city. C) The place that I love is the long beach outside the city. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The place that I love is the long beach outside the city. 40. It was on this day 2 years ago ..... I met her. A) When. B) That. C) Who. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 41. What people disliked ..... not being recommended that the place was far away. A) Is. B) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 42. ..... that we often gather for our study. A) It is at her house. B) It is from her house. C) It is on her house. D) It was at her house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is at her house. 43. Julia Ate the salad (Emphasis on the subject) A) It was Julia who ate the salad. B) It will be Julia who ate the salad. C) Julia Ate the salad. D) It was Julia when ate the salad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Julia who ate the salad. 44. People built the bridge. A) It was the bridge that was built. B) It is the bridge that is built. C) It is the bridge that was built. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the bridge that was built. 45. I used to like climbing up tress and pick fruits.=>It was I who used to like climbing up tress and pick fruits. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 46. My dad's car got stolen; not mine A) It wasn't my car that got stolen; it was my dad's. B) I hasn't been my dad's car that got stolen; It was mine. C) It was my car got stolen; it wasn't my dad's. D) It hasn't been my car that got stolen; it was my dad's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It wasn't my car that got stolen; it was my dad's. 47. No ..... Nina's car that got broken into! A) It has been. B) That's been. C) It was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was. 48. Split sentences with it are used to emphasize the elements A) Subject. B) Object. C) Adverb. D) All the answers above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the answers above. 49. Alec was a professional footballer when he was young, not Darren A) It was Alec a professional footballer not Darren. B) It is Alec that is a professional footballer, not Darren. C) It was Alec that was a professional footballer, not Darren. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was Alec that was a professional footballer, not Darren. 50. ..... they liked about or D&D session is how interactive it was A) Have. B) What. C) It was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 51. I met Mrs. Smith A) It is Mrs. Smith that I met. B) It was Mrs. Smith that I met. C) It was Mrs. Smith that I meet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Mrs. Smith that I met. 52. ..... encourages me is that we are going to have a new-brand computer in the office. A) What it. B) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 53. I called you Monday A) It was Monday when I called you. B) It has been Monday when I called you. C) It's been since Monday I have called you. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Monday when I called you. 54. What's the meaning of "bit by bit" ? A) A popular phrase. B) Sooner o later. C) Gradually. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gradually. 55. What I told you ..... the students will come soon. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 56. Ann and John are in a relationship but are always having a lot of ..... A) Trust. B) Arguments. C) Conversations. D) Qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arguments. 57. It was ..... my father bought a new car. A) That last Sunday. B) Last Sunday when. C) Last Sunday which. D) Last Sunday that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Last Sunday that. 58. What really bothers ..... that they don't cooperate with the group. A) Is. B) Were. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 59. Cleft comes from the verb to cleave, meaning A) To add in two. B) To divide in two. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To divide in two. 60. What I don't like ..... that I have to make all the beds. A) Was. B) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. ← 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