This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct sentence. She needs confidence. A) What she needs is confidence. B) What does she need is confidence. C) It is confidence she needs. D) She needs what is confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What she needs is confidence. 2. You ..... talk to your parents about your problem. They will give you the best advice. A) Has to. B) Have to. C) Should. D) Should not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should. 3. (a) who lent him the money. A) A. It was Mary. B) Mary it was. C) Mary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It was Mary. 4. Select the sentence that emphasizes the object. A) It is Dauren who is reading a novel by Abai. B) What Dauren is doing is reading a novel by Abai. C) What Dauren is reading is a novel by Abai. D) Who is reading a novel by Abai is Dauren. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What Dauren is reading is a novel by Abai. 5. What is the primary function of a cleft sentence? A) To make a sentence more complex. B) To connect two sentences. C) To add extra information to a sentence. D) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To emphasize a specific part of a sentence. 6. Choose the best option to complete the following sentence:One thing I think we should do ..... A) Was the humor, it was hilarious. B) Was that we'd spent more time partying than studying. C) Is to make sure we research the location more thoroughly next time. D) That he decided to spill the beans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is to make sure we research the location more thoroughly next time. 7. What I intended to do was ..... work early today. A) Leave. B) To leave. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To leave. 8. ..... him that I realized we were dressed the same way. A) When I saw. B) It was when I saw. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was when I saw. 9. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was yesterday that I saw her.' A) The subject of the sentence is unclear. B) The emphasis is misplaced in the cleft sentence. C) The emphasis is on the action rather than the time. D) The sentence is grammatically correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The emphasis is misplaced in the cleft sentence. 10. "We want honesty." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) What we was wants honesty. B) What we want is honesty. C) What we want are honesty. D) What we wanted is honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What we want is honesty. 11. Which of the following is a cleft sentence? A) 'He is a doctor.' B) 'It is he who is a doctor.' A) 'It is he who is a doctor.'. B) 'She is a teacher.'. C) 'They are doctors.'. D) 'He was a doctor.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'It is he who is a doctor.'. 12. Is this cleft sentence written correctly?I want what to do is persuade them to come with us.Chose an option! A) Definitely right!. B) Absolutely not!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolutely not!. 13. What is the structure of an It-cleft sentence? A) What + clause + verb. B) Verb + clause + subject. C) It + be + emphasized info + that/who + clause. D) Clause + it + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It + be + emphasized info + that/who + clause. 14. Which cleft sentence emphasizes a place? A) It's John who met her. B) It was at the beach that we met. C) What I saw was him. D) What we did was meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was at the beach that we met. 15. It wasn't ..... I reached the top ..... I realized how high the cliff was A) Until-that. B) Until-what. C) Until-who. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Until-that. 16. Keep, kept, ..... A) Kapt. B) Kepten. C) Kept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kept. 17. Mr. Hao repaired the roof yesterday morning. A) It was the roof whom was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. B) It is the roof that was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. C) It was the roof that was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. D) It was the roof who was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the roof that was repaired by Mr. Hao yesterday morning. 18. What I wanted ..... home and have a nice, hot bath. A) Was go. B) Was going. C) Was to go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was to go. 19. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one?She solved the puzzle. a What she did was solve the puzzle. b What she solved was the puzzle. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 20. No cleft:You need a good cup of teaCleft:What you need ..... a good cup of tea A) Was. B) Is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 21. ..... you choose to spend your time with says a lot about you. A) Who. B) Where. C) Why. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 22. Which of the following sentences contains an error in the cleft structure? A) It was at midnight that we left the party. B) What I found interesting was his perspective. C) It was him who solved the mystery. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was him who solved the mystery. 23. It was the book ..... changed my life. A) Where. B) Who. C) That. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That. 24. "She only wants attention." A) What she wants are attention. B) What she want is attention. C) What she wants is attention. D) What she wanted are attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What she wants is attention. 25. Anna and her best friend were ..... after an argument. A) Determined. B) Happy. C) Reconciled. D) Confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reconciled. 26. Transform 'He solved the problem' into a cleft sentence. A) He was the one who solved the problem. B) It was he who solved the problem. C) He solved the problem himself. D) It was the problem that he solved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was he who solved the problem. 27. What we did is (a) a letter to apologize. A) A. write. B) Writing. C) Wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. write. 28. The most important thing is to keep yourself occupied. A) Free. B) Relaxed. C) Busy. D) Comfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Busy. 29. What is the difference between an it-cleft and a wh-cleft sentence? A) It-clefts emphasize the subject, while wh-clefts emphasize the object. B) It-clefts are more formal than wh-clefts. C) It-clefts use "it" as a dummy subject, while wh-clefts use a relative pronoun. D) There is no difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It-clefts use "it" as a dummy subject, while wh-clefts use a relative pronoun. 30. "She bought the dress yesterday." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) It was yesterday she bought the dress. B) It was yesterday that she bought the dress. C) It is yesterday which she bought the dress. D) It was yesterday she buy the dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was yesterday that she bought the dress. 31. Rewrite the sentence 'She won the award' as a cleft sentence. A) She was the one who won the award. B) The award was won by she. C) It was she who won the award. D) The award was won by her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was she who won the award. 32. Convert to a What-Cleft Sentence:'They want a better working environment.' A) What they desire is a more comfortable workplace. B) What they seek is an improved job atmosphere. C) What they need is a better office setting. D) What they want is a better working environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What they want is a better working environment. 33. Choose the correct cleft sentence ..... She won the competition. A) It was she who won the competition. B) It was her who won the competition. C) It is she who won the competition. D) It was she that won the competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was she who won the competition. 34. (a) I told everything. A) A. It was John who. B) Jhon it was the person. C) The person was John. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It was John who. 35. In the cleft sentence "It was John who stole the cookies, " what is emphasized? A) The act of stealing. B) The person who stole the cookies. C) The cookies themselves. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The person who stole the cookies. 36. "He needs support." Which cleft sentence is correct? A) It is support which he need. B) What he needs is support. C) Support is needed by he. D) It was he who needs support. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What he needs is support. 37. (a) that I realised she was leaving me. A) A. It was when I read the email. B) When I read the email. C) Not until I read the email. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It was when I read the email. 38. Choose the best option to complete the following sentence:What made me suspicious of him ..... A) Was that we'd spent more time partying than studying. B) Was the way that he never looked you straight in the eye. C) Is to make sure we research the location more thoroughly next time. D) Is work for a charity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was the way that he never looked you straight in the eye. 39. What is the cleft sentence for the original sentence 'I love chocolate ice cream.'? A) Loved by me is chocolate ice cream. B) Chocolate ice cream is loved by me. C) What I love is chocolate ice cream. D) I love chocolate ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What I love is chocolate ice cream. 40. ..... before we leave for Gdansk, is check that all the documents are correct. A) What will we do. B) We will do what. C) What we will do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What we will do. 41. Which structure is used in cleft sentences? A) Subject + verb + object. B) Adverb + verb + subject. C) It + be + phrase + relative clause. D) Phrase + conjunction + clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It + be + phrase + relative clause. 42. We use the following structure to emphasize a whole action or series of actions: "what+happen+be+that-clause" . A) FALSE. B) TRUE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 43. Become, ..... , become A) Becomed. B) Become. C) Became. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Became. 44. (a) fame and money, among other things. A) A. What I want is. B) What I want it's. C) What I want are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. What I want is. 45. It's 8 o'clock! We ..... go now or we will be late. A) Ought to. B) Has to. C) Should. D) Have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have to. 46. ? the government needs to do is to give more support to schools. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 47. Create a cleft sentence using the word 'who'. A) It was the dog who ate all the cookies. B) It was Mary who ate all the cookies. C) It was the teacher who ate all the cookies. D) It was John who ate all the cookies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was John who ate all the cookies. 48. It is ..... we will leave for Paris. A) In April when. B) In April that. C) April. D) April in that. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In April that. 49. -John wants a good job. A) What John wants is to get a good job. B) What John wants is a good job. C) To get a good job is what John wants. D) What John want is a good job. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What John wants is a good job. 50. Choose the best option to complete the following sentence:Something I've always wanted to do ..... A) Was the humor. It was hilarious. B) That he decided to spill the beans. C) Is work for a charity. D) Was that we'd spent more time partying than studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is work for a charity. 51. The music of the group Camila is too depressing. A) What is too depresing is the music of the group Camila. B) What is too depresing the music of the group Camila. C) What too depresing the music of the group Camila. D) What is too depresing are the music of the group Camila. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is too depresing is the music of the group Camila. 52. Complete the cleft sentence: "It's ..... who can solve this problem." A) The brilliant students. B) Solved by the brilliant students. C) Brilliant students. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brilliant students. 53. It was ..... I was scared that I decidednot to climb the cliff A) Because. B) Me. C) That. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because. 54. They knew his name and his address, ..... ? A) Do they. B) Didn't they. C) Did they. D) Don't they. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't they. 55. ? my teachers that I would ask for careers advice. A) What is. B) It is. C) Could be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is. 56. Which part of this sentence is being emphasized?"It was at the party that I lost my phone." A) The phone. B) The party. C) Losing. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The party. 57. Which of the following is grammatically correct? A) What she did was to cook. B) What she did was cooked. C) What did she was cook. D) What she do was cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What she did was to cook. 58. Go, ..... , gone A) Went. B) Want. C) Goed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 59. -I have a bad toothache.-You ..... go to the dentist. A) Has to. B) Ought to. C) Have to. D) Should not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ought to. 60. ? this school excels in is developing critical thinking. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. ← 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books