This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What really bothers ..... that they don't cooperate with the group. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 2. 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. 3. What I don't like ..... that I have to make all the beds. A) Was. B) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 4. What's the matter? You look ..... A) Unhappy. B) Unhappily. C) Happily. D) Sadly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unhappy. 5. I don't understand the application form (what) A) What I understand, the application form. B) What I don't understand is the application form. C) All I don't understand is the application form. D) What is the application form, I don't understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I don't understand is the application form. 6. This is the basic structure of a WH cleft sentence. A) What clause + emphasized word or phrase+ be verb. B) What clause + be verb + emphasized word or phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What clause + be verb + emphasized word or phrase. 7. What I really love ..... to make crafts. A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 8. Some parents strongly oppose their children's romantic relationship. (CLOSEST) A) Forbid. B) Preserve. C) Ignore. D) Assist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forbid. 9. Teenagers like to make their own choice when they ..... older. A) Look. B) Appear. C) Grow. D) Remain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grow. 10. It was her beauty ..... made me happy. A) Whom. B) That. C) Which. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 11. I ..... painful in my stomach after eating that cake. A) Felt. B) Seemed. C) Became. D) Sounded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Felt. 12. He's a wonderful example of a kind-hearted person with good judgement. (OPPOSITE) A) Inhuman. B) Tolerant. C) Generous. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inhuman. 13. We saw our old schoolmates last week. A) It was we that saw our old schoolmates last week. B) It was our old schoolmates that were seen last week. C) It was last week that we saw our old schoolmates. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was last week that we saw our old schoolmates. 14. The girl bought a new car yesterday. A) It is a new car that is bought yesterday by the girl. B) It was a new car that was bought yesterday by the girl. C) It is a new car that was bought yesterday by the girl. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was a new car that was bought yesterday by the girl. 15. You seem more ..... now. A) Relaxing. B) Relax. C) Relaxed. D) Relaxingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relaxed. 16. Sometimes, in order to get things done, you have to take the initiative. (CLOSEST) A) Make important changes. B) Make the last decision. C) Raise the first idea. D) Sacrifice for others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raise the first idea. 17. It + be + focus + that/who + V is an emphasis structure A) Subject. B) Object. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 18. It + be + focus + that + S + V is an emphasis structure A) Subject. B) Object. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 19. I think about you ( all) A) All I think about is you. B) All you think about her. C) I think all the time in you. D) All I have thought is you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All I think about is you. 20. In a cleft sentence, a single message is divided (cleft) into two clauses. This allows us to focus on the new information A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. She knows four hundred words ..... numerous proper nouns. A) Beside. B) Besides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Besides. 22. A:You did this to me!B:No, ..... Sean who did it to you. A) The person who. B) It was. C) It was the person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was. 23. This is the basic pattern of an IT cleft sentence: A) It + be verb + that/who relative clause. B) It + subject, object, etc + that/who relative clause. C) It + be verb + subject, object, etc + that/who relative clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It + be verb + subject, object, etc + that/who relative clause. 24. The cake tastes ..... A) Badly. B) Well. C) Good. D) Goodly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good. 25. I can't ..... awake any longer. I'm sleepy. A) Become. B) Seem. C) Look. D) Stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stay. 26. What Edison created ..... the light bulb A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 27. ..... the British student who phoned you. A) Th person that wasn't. B) It wasn't. C) What it wasn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It wasn't. 28. A:You did it for the money.B:No, ..... why I did it was to save the company. A) The person. B) The time. C) The thing. D) The reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The reason. 29. Cleft sentences are complex sentences that are used to emphazise one particular part of a sentence. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 30. Cleft sentences are useful in writing where we cannot use intonation for emphasis, but they are also frequently used in speech. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. 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