This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Transform:The teacher gave me advice. A) It were the teacher who gave me advice. B) It was the teacher which gave me advice. C) The advice what the teacher gave me was. D) It was the teacher who gave me advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the teacher who gave me advice. 2. What we understood ..... the play started at eight o'clock. A) Is that. B) Is. C) Was. D) Was that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was that. 3. Identify the focused element in this wh-cleft sentence:What she wants is a vacation. A) Wants. B) She. C) What. D) A vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A vacation. 4. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was the cake that I baked it.' A) Incorrect verb tense used. B) Redundant pronoun 'it' at the end of the sentence. C) Misplaced modifier in the sentence. D) Missing subject in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Redundant pronoun 'it' at the end of the sentence. 5. It was in London ..... they met. A) When. B) Where. C) Who. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 6. Create a cleft sentence using the word 'what'. A) What I really like is pizza. B) What I really need is a vacation. C) What I really want is a new car. D) What I really want is a new house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I really want is a new car. 7. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was the team who won the championship last year.' A) The use of 'that' instead of 'who'. B) The sentence is grammatically correct as is. C) The use of 'who' instead of 'that'. D) The use of 'who' is appropriate for referring to a team. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of 'who' instead of 'that'. 8. In cleft sentences, what is the closest meaning of 'what'? A) Most things. B) Any thing. C) The only thing. D) The thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The thing. 9. Identify the type of cleft sentence:'It is my brother who plays the guitar.' A) Wh-cleft sentence. B) Subject cleft sentence. C) Pseudo-cleft sentence. D) It-cleft sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wh-cleft sentence. 10. ..... I'm trying to say ..... you should be careful. A) What-is. B) Who-is. C) What-are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What-is. 11. It seems that I am wrong, ..... ? A) Are I. B) Aren't I. C) Amn't I. D) Am not I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aren't I. 12. ..... he needs is a good night's sleep. A) Where. B) What. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 13. ..... a high level of blood cholesterol.A. It is eggs that containB. Those are eggs it containsC. It is eggs that containD. It is eggs contains A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 14. Transform the following sentence into cleft form:'The movie surprised everyone.' A) It was everyone who surprised the movie. B) The movie was surprising to everyone. C) Everyone was surprised by the movie. D) It was the movie that surprised everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the movie that surprised everyone. 15. It wasn't ..... we expected to win the race, but it was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. A) Who. B) Which. C) Want. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 16. Buy, ..... , bought A) Buy. B) Buyed. C) Bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 17. The reason why he left (a) the embarrassment. A) A. was to avoid. B) Was avoid. C) Is avoiding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. was to avoid. 18. Identify the cleft sentence in the following options:A) He is the one who fixed the car. B) She dances beautifully. C) They are playing in the garden. A) A) He is the one who fixed the car. B) They are fixing the car. C) She is the one who fixed the car. D) He dances beautifully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) He is the one who fixed the car. 19. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:What they did was A) Go out for a long lunch every Friday. B) I benefit from is the on-site gym. C) Is the simplicity of having only one business partner. D) I like. E) More time for relaxed communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go out for a long lunch every Friday. 20. Both is and are can be correct in cleft sentences when the noun is plural. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. "Budi broke the window." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) It was Budi whose broke the window. B) It was Budi broke the window. C) It was Budi who broke the window. D) It is Budi which broke the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was Budi who broke the window. 22. My father is an ..... guitarist. A) Accomplishing. B) Accomplished. C) Accomplish. D) Accomplishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accomplished. 23. What is correct in forming a What-cleft? A) Be + clause + what. B) What + clause + be + emphasized info. C) Clause + be + what. D) What + verb + to be + clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What + clause + be + emphasized info. 24. "Rina won the English competition." Which cleft sentence is correct? A) It was Rina who won the English competition. B) It was Rina won the English competition. C) It was Rina which win the English competition. D) It is Rina which won the English competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Rina who won the English competition. 25. Cleft sentences are used to emphasize adjectives. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 26. Students ..... wear uniforms when they go to school. A) Ought not to. B) Should. C) Have to. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must. 27. What are 'what-cleft' sentences also known as? A) Pseudo-clefts. B) Inverted sentences. C) It-clefts. D) Emphatic auxiliaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pseudo-clefts. 28. ? is your lack of self-belief that is holding you back. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 29. Identify the type of cleft sentence in:'It was John who won the race.' A) Wh-cleft sentence. B) Pseudo-cleft sentence. C) It-cleft sentence. D) Declarative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wh-cleft sentence. 30. Which pattern is correct for an IT-cleft sentence? A) It + be + emphasized part + that/who + clause. B) It + do + subject + verb. C) It + has + verb + object. D) It + verb + subject + clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It + be + emphasized part + that/who + clause. 31. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a cleft sentence with what. A) What surprised me most be her reaction. B) What surprised me most were her reaction. C) What surprised me most was her reaction. D) What surprised me most is her reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What surprised me most was her reaction. 32. ..... took my car. A) It were you. B) It was you whom. C) It was you. D) It was you that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was you that. 33. -He has an annual pass for the museum. A) Why her annual pass she goes to the museum. B) Why she went to the museum is because she has an annual pass. C) Why she goes to the museum is because she has an annual pass. D) It was for her annual pass why she went to the museum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why she goes to the museum is because she has an annual pass. 34. The dog barked at the stranger. A) It was the stranger who was barked at by the dog. B) It is the stranger who was barked at by the dog. C) It was the stranger which was barked at by the dog. D) It was the stranger whom was barked at by the dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the stranger who was barked at by the dog. 35. Is this a cleft sentence:It is you who can do this. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 36. They really love the lyrics of the song A) What they really loves the lyrics of the song. B) What they really love are the lyrics of the song. C) What they really love is the lyrics of the song. D) What they love really the lyrics of the song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What they really love is the lyrics of the song. 37. ? makes me happy is a good movie and some food. A) What. B) It. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 38. Choose the sentence that correctly emphasizes the subject A) It is in her free time that Aidana writes poems. B) It is writing poems that Aidana does in her free time. C) It is Aidana who writes poems in her free time. D) It is poems that Aidana writes in her free time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is Aidana who writes poems in her free time. 39. Which of the following sentences is NOT a cleft sentence? A) 'It was the cat that chased the mouse.' B) 'The cat chased the mouse.' A) Chasing the mouse was the cat. B) It was the dog that chased the cat. C) B. D) The mouse was chased by the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 40. He bought an iphone 17 in the store last week. A) It was the store that He bought an iphone 17 last week. B) It was he that bought, an iphone 17 in the store last week. C) It was last week that He bought an iphone 17 in the store. D) It was an iphone 17 that he bought in the store last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was an iphone 17 that he bought in the store last week. 41. Transform 'She enjoys painting' into a cleft sentence. A) Painting is what she enjoys. B) It is she who enjoys painting. C) It is painting that she enjoys. D) She is painting that enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is painting that she enjoys. 42. Convert to a What-Cleft Sentence:'She really enjoys outdoor activities.' A) What she really enjoys are outdoor activities. B) What she enjoys is outdoor activities really. C) What she enjoys are activities outdoors. D) What really enjoys her are outdoor activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What she really enjoys are outdoor activities. 43. The thing that drives me mad is their attitude. A) The thing (interests/ surprises/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . B) The reason why is . C) The (thing/ place/ person ) that (surprises interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The (thing/ place/ person ) that (surprises interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . 44. Susan doesn't like oysters, ..... ? A) Does she. B) Did she. C) Doesn't she. D) She does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does she. 45. In a WH-cleft sentence, the emphasized part usually appears as: A) An adverb of time only. B) The subject only. C) An adjective. D) A noun or noun phrase after "be". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A noun or noun phrase after "be". 46. Which of the following cleft sentences is incorrect in terms of structure? A) The reason why he left early is because he was sick. B) What she needs is a bit of encouragement. C) It was in the library that I found the missing book. D) It was at the park where we met for the first time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was at the park where we met for the first time. 47. Nominalisation can refer back to processes already mentioned. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 48. It's my brother ..... gave me this hat on my birthday. A) Who. B) Which. C) He. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 49. Transform 'They will announce the results tomorrow' into a cleft sentence. A) They will announce tomorrow the results. B) Tomorrow they will announce the results. C) It is the results that they will announce tomorrow. D) The results will be announced by them tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is the results that they will announce tomorrow. 50. "It's the old man ..... feeds the birds every morning." A) That. B) Which. C) Who. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 51. Correct the error in this cleft sentence:'It is the flowers that I bought them yesterday.' A) It is the flowers that I bought yesterday. B) It is the flowers that I bought them last week. C) It is the flowers that I bought yesterday them. D) It is the flowers that I bought for you yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the flowers that I bought yesterday. 52. ? her outgoing personality that makes her the life and soul of a party. A) It is. B) What is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is. 53. ..... you should avoid ..... is to pretend you don't have anyweaknesses A) What-doing. B) What-to do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What-doing. 54. Which of the following is an example of a cleft sentence? A) I called on Monday. B) I will call on Monday. C) On Monday, I called. D) It was on Monday that I called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was on Monday that I called. 55. What type of cleft sentence is:'What I want is a new phone.'? A) Wh-cleft sentence. B) It-cleft sentence. C) Pseudo-cleft sentence. D) Extraposed cleft sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It-cleft sentence. 56. Simon lives with his parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. He lives in a(n) ..... A) Small family. B) Big house. C) Nuclear family. D) Extended family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extended family. 57. Complete the following sentence: ..... was ..... who finished the report on time. A) That / she. B) It / her. C) That / her. D) It / she. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It / she. 58. I don't know the title but I recognize the ..... of this song. A) Sound. B) Rhyme. C) Tune. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tune. 59. What kind of information is emphasized in an it-cleft sentence? A) Time expressions only. B) The subject every time. C) Grammar rules. D) New or important information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New or important information. 60. Differentiate between an it-cleft and a wh-cleft sentence. A) An it-cleft uses 'what' to introduce emphasis, while a wh-cleft uses 'it is/was'. B) An it-cleft emphasizes a part using 'it is/was', while a wh-cleft uses 'what' or 'who' to introduce the emphasis. C) Both it-clefts and wh-clefts use 'who' to emphasize different parts of a sentence. D) An it-cleft is a type of wh-cleft that does not use 'what' or 'who' for emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An it-cleft emphasizes a part using 'it is/was', while a wh-cleft uses 'what' or 'who' to introduce the emphasis. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSentence Structure QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCleft Sentences Quiz 1Cleft Sentences Quiz 2Cleft Sentences Quiz 3Cleft Sentences Quiz 4Cleft Sentences Quiz 5Cleft Sentences Quiz 6Cleft Sentences Quiz 7Cleft Sentences Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books