This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Become, ..... , become A) Becomed. B) Become. C) Became. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Became. 2. (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. 3. It's 8 o'clock! We ..... go now or we will be late. A) Should. B) Ought to. C) Have to. D) Has to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have to. 4. ? 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. 5. 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. 6. It is ..... we will leave for Paris. A) April. B) In April that. C) April in that. D) In April when. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In April that. 7. -John wants a good job. A) What John wants is a good job. B) What John wants is to get 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: A) What John wants is a good job. 8. Choose the best option to complete the following sentence:Something I've always wanted to do ..... A) That he decided to spill the beans. B) Was that we'd spent more time partying than studying. C) Was the humor. It was hilarious. D) Is work for a charity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is work for a charity. 9. The music of the group Camila is too depressing. A) What is too depresing the music of the group Camila. B) What is too depresing is the music of the group Camila. C) What is too depresing are the music of the group Camila. D) What too depresing the music of the group Camila. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is too depresing is the music of the group Camila. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. They knew his name and his address, ..... ? A) Don't they. B) Didn't they. C) Do they. D) Did they. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't they. 13. ? 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. 14. Which part of this sentence is being emphasized?"It was at the party that I lost my phone." A) The phone. B) I. C) The party. D) Losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The party. 15. Which of the following is grammatically correct? A) What she do was cook. B) What she did was cooked. C) What she did was to cook. D) What did she was cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What she did was to cook. 16. -I have a bad toothache.-You ..... go to the dentist. A) Ought to. B) Should not. C) Have to. D) Has to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ought to. 17. ? 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. 18. What is the structure of a What-Cleft Sentence? A) What + subject + verb + be + emphasized information. B) What + verb + subject + be + emphasized information. C) What + subject + be + verb + emphasized information. D) What + emphasized information + subject + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What + subject + verb + be + emphasized information. 19. Differentiate between the two types of cleft sentences:it-cleft and wh-cleft. A) The main difference is that it-clefts emphasize a specific element using 'it is/was', while wh-clefts emphasize using a wh-word. B) It-clefts use a wh-word for emphasis. C) It-clefts and wh-clefts are the same in structure. D) Wh-clefts are used to ask questions only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main difference is that it-clefts emphasize a specific element using 'it is/was', while wh-clefts emphasize using a wh-word. 20. Which sentence uses a WH-cleft correctly? A) What he likes are music. B) What he likes is music. C) What he like is music. D) What he likes was music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What he likes is music. 21. What is the main purpose of a cleft sentence? A) A. To shorten a sentence. B) B. To change verb tense. C) C. To emphasize specific information. D) To make a sentence more formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. To emphasize specific information. 22. ? is Sarah I went to school with, not her sister, Rachel. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 23. Is this a cleft sentence:The reason I called was to check in on you. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 24. Which part of a cleft sentence is typically introduced by the word "that" ? A) The subject. B) The verb. C) The emphasized element. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The emphasized element. 25. Identify the focus in the following cleft sentence:It was the dog that barked all night. A) The cat. B) The bird. C) The dog. D) The fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog. 26. Identify the error in this cleft sentence:'It was the book that I read it yesterday.' A) The sentence is missing a subject. B) The sentence has a misplaced modifier. C) The sentence uses the wrong tense. D) The sentence contains an extra 'it'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sentence contains an extra 'it'. 27. "It was the pizza that ..... delicious." A) Tastes. B) Taste. C) Tasted. D) Tasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tasted. 28. ..... he managed to complete the project in such a short amount of time is beyond me. A) About. B) What. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 29. Identify the correct What-cleft sentence. A) What I like reading books. B) What I like is reading books. C) What I like are reading books. D) What do I like is reading books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What I like is reading books. 30. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one? He broke the fence. a What he did was break the fence. b What he broke was the fence. A) A. B) B. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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