This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You ..... drink soft drinks. They aren't good for your health. A) Ought not to. B) Have to. C) Mustn't. D) Ought to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ought not to. 2. Emphatic auxiliaries are used to: A) Change the sentence into passive voice. B) Make a sentence negative. C) Form questions. D) Add emphasis to the main verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add emphasis to the main verb. 3. ..... Camilla who ordered the lasagne, not Bea. A) It was. B) It is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was. 4. What is the cleft version of "The loud music annoyed me" ? A) What annoyed me was the loud music. B) The loud music was annoying. C) What was annoying was loud music. D) I was annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What annoyed me was the loud music. 5. It ..... the limestone that makes Phong Nha so unique. A) Be. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 6. "The teacher explained the lesson clearly." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) It was the teacher who explained the lesson clearly. B) It is the teacher which explained the lesson clearly. C) It was the teacher that explained the lesson clearly. D) It was clearly the teacher explained the lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the teacher who explained the lesson clearly. 7. Inversion for emphasis can involve: A) Adding more nouns to the sentence. B) Changing the tense of the verb. C) Eliminating the need for adjectives. D) Moving the verb before the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moving the verb before the subject. 8. In the sentence "It was Grace who helped me, " what is being emphasized? A) The help. B) The action. C) Me. D) Grace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grace. 9. It is the library ..... A) Where I often borrow books from. B) That I often borrow books. C) From that I often borrow books. D) That I often borrow books from. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That I often borrow books from. 10. "They complained about the rules." A) It was the rules they complained about. B) It was the rules which they complained. C) It is about the rules who they complained. D) It was about the rules that they complained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the rules they complained about. 11. Convert to a What-Cleft Sentence:'He dislikes rude people.' A) What he dislikes is rudeness. B) What he dislikes are rude people. C) What he prefers are friendly people. D) What he enjoys are polite people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What he dislikes are rude people. 12. So surprised at the news ..... that he couldn't say anything. A) Did he becamce. B) Did he become. C) He became. D) Does he become. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did he become. 13. What is the purpose of using cleft sentences in English? A) To confuse the reader. B) To highlight or emphasize specific information. C) To simplify complex ideas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To highlight or emphasize specific information. 14. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:It's the regular planning meetings A) More time for relaxed communication. B) Go out for a long lunch every Friday. C) Is the simplicity of having only one business partner. D) I benefit from is the on-site gym. E) I like. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) I like. 15. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one?They forgot about the event. a What they did was forget about the event. b What they forgot about was the event. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 16. What is the structure used to focus on a whole sentence? A) What I want is . B) It is important that . C) The reason is that . D) What happens is (that) . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What happens is (that) . 17. No cleft:She wrote a fantastic novel.Cleft:What she wrote ..... a fantastic novel A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 18. Identify the sentence that correctly emphasizes the place A) What they held in Almaty was the meeting. B) It was in Almaty that they held the meeting. C) It was the meeting that they held in Almaty. D) In Almaty is where they held the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was in Almaty that they held the meeting. 19. In it-cleft sentences, you normally include who or that. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. ..... he decided was to take a gap year. A) What. B) It. C) Study. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 21. It ..... swimming that I really enjoyed. A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) Are. E) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 22. "They finished the project last night." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) It is last night that they finished the project. B) It was last night that they finished the project. C) It was last night which they finished the project. D) It was last night they finished the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was last night that they finished the project. 23. Which of the following is NOT a type of cleft sentence? A) The thing that. B) The reason why. C) The time when. D) The place where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The time when. 24. Why are cleft sentences considered useful in emphasizing certain information? A) Cleft sentences are confusing and convoluted. B) Cleft sentences emphasize specific information by structuring the sentence to highlight the desired element. C) Cleft sentences decrease the clarity of the message. D) Cleft sentences are rarely used in formal writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleft sentences emphasize specific information by structuring the sentence to highlight the desired element. 25. It's the size of the fine that makes me angry. A) What (surprises/ interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . B) The reason why is . C) It's the that . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's the that . 26. Convert to a What-Cleft Sentence:'I need a good night's sleep.' A) What I want is a good night's slumber. B) What I desire is a good night's sleep. C) What I require is a good night's rest. D) What I need is a good night's sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What I need is a good night's sleep. 27. Which part of the original sentence is emphasized in a cleft sentence? A) The subject. B) The verb. C) The adverb. D) The object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The subject. 28. She bought the dress. A) It is the dress when she bought. B) It was the dress that she bought. C) It was the dress who she bought. D) It was the dress where she bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the dress that she bought. 29. What is the purpose of the introductory element in a cleft sentence? A) To confuse the reader. B) To provide additional information. C) To focus attention on a specific part of the sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To focus attention on a specific part of the sentence. 30. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words. A) Envelope. B) Album. C) Usually. D) Accompany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accompany. 31. Nominalization is ..... possible to use in a noun group instead of one or more ..... or ..... groups. A) Often/noun/verb. B) Often/noun/adjective. C) Often/verb/adjective. D) Always/verb/adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Often/verb/adjective. 32. This is your wife, ..... ? A) Isn't this. B) Is this. C) Is it. D) Isn't it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isn't it. 33. Correct the error in this cleft sentence:'It is the movie that I liked it.' A) The movie is what I liked. B) It is the movie that I liked it too. C) It is the movie that I liked. D) I liked it the movie that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is the movie that I liked. 34. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... to do is hire the best designer you can find. A) Who's. B) The thing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The thing. 35. Only because she had to support her family ..... to leave school. A) Did Alice decide. B) Does Alice decide. C) Alice decided. D) That Alice decides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did Alice decide. 36. Choose the correct cleft: A) She it was who sang the song. B) She was it who sang the song. C) It was she who sang the song. D) It were she who sang the song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was she who sang the song. 37. "IT" ..... be used to emphasize adverbial phrases A) Can. B) Can not. C) Should. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 38. There is often a ..... between parents and children in the family. A) Table manner. B) Break-up. C) Generation gap. D) Childcare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generation gap. 39. Transform 'They built the house' into a cleft sentence. A) They are building the house. B) They have built the house. C) The house was built by them. D) It was they who built the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was they who built the house. 40. Which of the following pairs of sentences demonstrates the correct transformation? A) She solved the problem. $\rightarrow$ It was she who solved the problem. B) The artist painted the mural. $\rightarrow$ It was the mural what the artist painted. C) We arrived late to the meeting. $\rightarrow$ It was late when we arrived to the meeting. D) They hosted the event last year. $\rightarrow$ It was they hosted the event last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She solved the problem. $\rightarrow$ It was she who solved the problem. 41. What is the emphasis structure for focusing on a noun? A) What + is + noun. B) Noun + is + what. C) It + is + noun + that. D) What + noun + is + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It + is + noun + that. 42. Which of these is an example of a cleft sentence using "what" ? A) What painting she enjoys. B) She what enjoys is painting. C) What she enjoys is painting. D) She enjoys painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What she enjoys is painting. 43. Which of the following is a WH-cleft sentence? A) It was yesterday that we met. B) She was the one who called me. C) What they need is motivation. D) It is honesty that matters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What they need is motivation. 44. Which tense is NOT commonly used with emphatic auxiliaries? A) Present Simple. B) Present Continuous. C) Past Simple. D) Future Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Continuous. 45. Which sentence is an example of an It-cleft? A) What annoyed me was noise. B) That noise annoyed me. C) It was the noise that annoyed me. D) I was annoyed by noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the noise that annoyed me. 46. If you ..... a singer or a musician, you play one part of a piece of music while they sing or play the main tune. A) Admire. B) Collect. C) Accomplish. D) Accompany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accompany. 47. "Dina lost her phone at school." A) It was Dina who lost her phone at school. B) It was Dina whose lost her phone at school. C) It is Dina which lost her phone at school. D) It was Dina lost her phone at school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Dina who lost her phone at school. 48. What works well for remembering words is ..... them into categories A) Organizing. B) To organize. C) Organized. D) Organize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organizing. 49. What is the main purpose of using a cleft sentence? A) To show comparison. B) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. C) To shorten a sentence. D) To change tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. 50. Choose the correct option for the gap:The ..... why it didn't work is that we didn't plan carefully. A) Reason. B) Place. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason. 51. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one? She broke her ankle. a What she broke was her ankle. b What she did was break her ankle. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 52. What is the correct form for focusing on an element of the sentence? A) Phrase + be + subject. B) It + be + subject + verb. C) Subject + be + phrase. D) It + be + phrase + relative clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It + be + phrase + relative clause. 53. Bob won't come because he has got a/an ..... with Lucy tonight. A) Argument. B) Relationship. C) Date. D) Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Date. 54. What can be used instead of 'the thing/s that' for emphasis? A) Where. B) When. C) What. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What. 55. What is the structure of a cleft sentence? A) The structure of a cleft sentence is '[emphasized element] is/was [rest of the sentence]'. B) The structure of a cleft sentence is 'It is/was [emphasized element] that/who [rest of the sentence]'. C) Cleft sentences are formed with 'It was [rest of the sentence] that/who [emphasized element]'. D) A cleft sentence is structured as 'Who [rest of the sentence] is/was [emphasized element]'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The structure of a cleft sentence is 'It is/was [emphasized element] that/who [rest of the sentence]'. 56. They built this bridge in 2000. A) It was in 2000 that they built this bridge. B) It was in 2000 which they built this bridge. C) It is in 2000 that they built this bridge. D) It was this bridge that they built in 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was in 2000 that they built this bridge. 57. ? he hadn't realised was that his jumper was on back to front. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 58. ..... win the tournament A) What I did was to. B) I was to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I did was to. 59. Readers ..... make noise in the school library. A) Mustn't. B) Have to. C) Must. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mustn't. 60. Fill in the blank. What they did ..... leave early. A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSentence Structure QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCleft Sentences Quiz 1Cleft Sentences Quiz 2Cleft Sentences Quiz 3Cleft Sentences Quiz 4Cleft Sentences Quiz 5Cleft Sentences Quiz 7Cleft Sentences Quiz 8Cleft Sentences Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books