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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct sentence. They are looking for peace. A) What they looking for is peace. B) What are they looking for peace. C) What they are looking for is peace. D) What they are looking is peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What they are looking for is peace. 2. What is the cleft sentence for the original sentence 'John baked the cake.'? A) The cake was baked by John. B) Baked the cake, John did. C) It was John who baked the cake. D) John baked the cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was John who baked the cake. 3. Nothing can change his idea, ..... ? A) Can't it. B) Can it. C) Can they. D) Can't they. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can it. 4. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one? They won the tennis tournament. a What they won was the tennis tournament. b What they did was win the tennis tournament. A) B. B) A. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 5. No cleft:Maria started her homework yesterday.Cleft:What Maria started ..... her homework yesterday A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 6. The reason why she fed the ducks was because she didn't see the sign. A) The reason that (surprises interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . B) The reason why is . C) What (surprises/ interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reason why is . 7. Mary bought this book yesterday A) A. It is this book that is bought by Mary yesterday. B) It was this book that was bought by Mary yesterday. C) A. It is this book that Mary bought yesterday. D) A. It is this book that was bought by Mary yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was this book that was bought by Mary yesterday. 8. ..... was Ha Long bay that our family visited last year. A) Which. B) That. C) It. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It. 9. ..... , got, got A) Gat. B) Gut. C) Get. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get. 10. Everyone thinks the concert last night was extremely sucessful, ..... ? A) Was it. B) Don't they. C) Wasn't it. D) Do they. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't they. 11. What is the cleft sentence for the original sentence 'The company donated a large sum of money.'? A) A large sum of money was donated by the company. B) Donated a large sum of money, the company did. C) The company donated a large sum of money. D) What the company donated was a large sum of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What the company donated was a large sum of money. 12. .... I first met my girlfriend. A) It was London which. B) It was in London where. C) It was London that. D) It was in London that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was in London that. 13. "What my brother did was ..... the truth." A) To told. B) Told. C) To tell. D) Teld. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To tell. 14. It is basketball ..... A) That I love. B) I love it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That I love. 15. (a) lent you the money, remember? A) A. It's me who. B) It's me. C) It's I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It's me who. 16. What does the word 'cleft' mean in the context of cleft sentences? A) Complex or confusing. B) Original or cleft. C) Clear or emphatic. D) Divided or split. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divided or split. 17. No cleft:I needed a safe house to stay.Cleft:What ..... a safe house to stay. A) I needed were. B) I need is. C) I needed was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I needed was. 18. Pick the only one that truly is a cleft sentence. A) What's in your head is possible. B) What you want is not possible. C) What is possible for me is possible for you. D) What is possible is what matters most to us. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What is possible is what matters most to us. 19. At no time ..... know the result of the recognition A) The public. B) Will the public. C) Does the public. D) The public will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will the public. 20. According the the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, "emphatic" means: A) Lacking physical or mental energy. B) Attracting special attention. C) Involving, characterized by, or based on empathy. D) Pushing away somebody's attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attracting special attention. 21. "She needs understanding, not advice." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) It is understanding she needs, not advice. B) It was understanding that she needs, not advice. C) It is understanding that she needs, not advice. D) It was understanding which she needs, not advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is understanding that she needs, not advice. 22. A ..... is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember. A) Guitar. B) Musical instrument. C) Tune. D) Practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tune. 23. It ..... the food in Hanoi that I enjoyed the most. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 24. -You need to rest for a while. A) What you need is rest for a while. B) What you need to do is to rest for a while. C) Rest for a while is what you need to do. D) What you need is to rest for a while. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What you need is to rest for a while. 25. Spot the mistake:It was them who visited us. A) Correct. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 26. Choose the best it-cleft sentence to emphasize "the cake" in the sentence "My mother baked the cake." A) My mother baked it the cake. B) My mother baked the cake, it was delicious. C) It was the cake that my mother baked. D) The cake was baked by my mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the cake that my mother baked. 27. "It was yesterday ..... I saw him." A) What. B) Which. C) Who. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 28. Which relative pronoun can be used after a noun phrase? A) That. B) All of the above. C) Which. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the above. 29. Choose the correct cleft sentence A) It was yesterday that I saw him. B) It yesterday was that I saw him. C) It was yesterday when I saw him. D) It is yesterday that I saw him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was yesterday that I saw him. 30. It is ..... I get emotional satisfaction. A) Collecting stamps that from. B) Collecting stamps that. C) From collecting stamps that. D) Collecting stamps from that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From collecting stamps that. 31. ..... was at school that I met my best friend. A) What. B) It. C) Until. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It. 32. Choose the best wh-cleft sentence to emphasize "going to the beach" in the sentence "They are going to the beach for their vacation." A) They are going to the beach. B) What they are doing for their vacation is going to the beach. C) Going to the beach is what they are doing for their vacation. D) For their vacation, they are going to the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What they are doing for their vacation is going to the beach. 33. Transform the following sentence into cleft form:'They built the house in 2020.' A) In 2020, the house was built by them. B) It was in 2020 that they built the house. C) They built the house in 2021. D) The house was built in 2020 by them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was in 2020 that they built the house. 34. I believe that I'm not wrong, ..... ? A) Am not I. B) Aren't I. C) Am I. D) Are I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am I. 35. What Tom decided was ..... and study abroad for a year. A) To go. B) Going. C) Go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To go. 36. "Students need fair treatment." A) What students need was fair treatment. B) What students need are fair treatment. C) What students needed are fair treatment. D) What students need is fair treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What students need is fair treatment. 37. She always makes decision quickly. She is very ..... A) Well-informed. B) Decisive. C) Self-reliant. D) Confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decisive. 38. I really admire him, for his ..... A) Successfully. B) Succeed. C) Successful. D) Success. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Success. 39. Transform the following sentence into cleft form:'She loves chocolate.' A) She loves candy. B) It is chocolate that she loves. C) It is she who loves chocolate. D) Chocolate loves her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is chocolate that she loves. 40. ? was not until May that I decided I wanted to take a gap year. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 41. It's amazing ..... quickly technology is advancing these days. A) Where. B) What. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 42. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... that can really help is having regular team meetings. A) The way. B) The thing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The thing. 43. The only dream in my life is to afford a ..... little house for my family A) Modest. B) Horrible. C) Large. D) Complicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modest. 44. Transform the following sentence into cleft form:'He solved the problem quickly.' A) The problem was solved quickly by him. B) It was she who solved the problem quickly. C) It was he who solved the problem quickly. D) He quickly solved the problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was he who solved the problem quickly. 45. Choose the sentence that correctly emphasizes the time. A) The festival is when it takes place in March. B) What takes place in March is the festival. C) It is in March that the festival takes place. D) When the festival takes place is in March. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is in March that the festival takes place. 46. Choose word whose stress pattern is different from the others' A) Tradition. B) Album. C) Success. D) Appriciate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Album. 47. Which of the following best describes an action cleft? A) Emphasizes a time. B) Emphasizes a place. C) Emphasizes a person. D) Emphasizes an action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emphasizes an action. 48. Which of the following is a correct cleft sentence? A) The weather that I didn't like is it. B) It was the weather that I didn't like. C) The weather is what I didn't like. D) What I didn't like is the weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the weather that I didn't like. 49. Feel, felt, ..... A) Feeled. B) Felted. C) Felt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Felt. 50. Hardly ..... asleep when the phone woke him up. A) The doctor fell. B) The doctor had fallen. C) Did the doctor fall. D) Had the doctor fallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had the doctor fallen. 51. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:What I like A) I like. B) More time for relaxed communication. C) I benefit from is the on-site gym. D) Is the simplicity of having only one business partner. E) Go out for a long lunch every Friday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is the simplicity of having only one business partner. 52. The finance director ..... you need to discuss these budget issues with, not me. A) Is the person. B) The person who. C) Who the person is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the person. 53. When I said 'Stop being stupid', it was ..... you I was talking to; ..... was James I was talking to A) Not-it. B) N't-he. C) Not-who. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not-it. 54. In cleft sentences, what is the closest meaning of 'all'? A) You are a thing. B) The only thing. C) Any thing. D) The thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The only thing. 55. How are cleft sentences different from simple sentences? A) Cleft sentences always end with a question mark. B) Cleft sentences have no emphasis on any part of the sentence. C) Cleft sentences are shorter than simple sentences. D) Cleft sentences emphasize a particular part of the sentence by moving it to the beginning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cleft sentences emphasize a particular part of the sentence by moving it to the beginning. 56. Which is a wh-cleft? A) It was she who called. B) What I need is a nap. C) It was last week that we met. D) It was John who helped me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I need is a nap. 57. "They met at the cafeteria." Which cleft sentence is correct? A) It was at the cafeteria that they met. B) It was the cafeteria that they met. C) It was at the cafeteria where they met. D) It is cafeteria they met at. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was at the cafeteria that they met. 58. Which introductory words are commonly used in cleft sentences? A) When, while, since. B) What, it, the thing. C) Who, which, whose. D) Because, although, if. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What, it, the thing. 59. Identify the focus in the following cleft sentence:It was John who ate all the cookies. A) David. B) Michael. C) John. D) Peter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John. 60. Which sentence best emphasizes the doer? A) It was homework that Andi finished. B) It was Andi who finished the homework. C) It was finished that Andi did. D) It is Andi which finished the homework. 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