This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Original:He wants to understand the reason. A) Where he wants to understand is the reason. B) When he wants to understand is the reason. C) What he wants to understand is the reason. D) Who he wants to understand is the reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What he wants to understand is the reason. 2. Choose the best answer: ..... a high level of blood cholesterol. A) It is eggs that contain. B) Those are eggs it contains. C) It is eggs that contains. D) It is eggs contain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is eggs that contain. 3. What is the correct cleft sentence for the following statement:' ..... is to protect their family.' A) The reason why they did it. B) Because they did it. C) It's why they did it. D) How they did it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason why they did it. 4. ..... did he know! A) Seldom. B) Scarcely. C) No sooner. D) Little. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Little. 5. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTIONI shouted at her because I was angry. A) The reason why I shouted at her is because I was angry. B) The reason that I shouted at her is because I was angry. C) The reason why I shouted at her was because I was angry. D) The reason why I shout at her was because I was angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The reason why I shouted at her was because I was angry. 6. What is the function of cleft sentences like this?"It was acts of kindness combined with a friendly culture that moderated risk-taking and reduced health problems." A) Explain information. B) Introduce information. C) Empasize information. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Empasize information. 7. It was (A) in Nha Trang (B) that I first (C) meet (D) my wife. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 8. ..... him ..... stole a book. A) It was / who. B) Was / that. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was / who. 9. Compare and contrast cleft sentences with simple sentences. A) Simple sentences emphasize a specific part of the sentence by moving it to the beginning. B) Cleft sentences and simple sentences have the same structure. C) Cleft sentences emphasize a specific part of the sentence by moving it to the beginning, whereas simple sentences are direct and do not have this emphasis. D) Cleft sentences are always longer than simple sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleft sentences emphasize a specific part of the sentence by moving it to the beginning, whereas simple sentences are direct and do not have this emphasis. 10. ..... who came up with the innovative idea. A) It was Ben,. B) Ben was,. C) Ben was it,. D) Was it Ben,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was Ben,. 11. Normal:Camila helped me with my homework.Which is the correct cleft sentence? A) A) It was Camila who helped me with my homework. B) B) What Camila did was helping me with my homework. C) C) What helped me was Camila my homework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) It was Camila who helped me with my homework. 12. Create a cleft sentence using the word 'book'. A) It is the book that I want. B) It is book that I want. C) The book is what I want. D) Book is the one that I want. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the book that I want. 13. Choose the best answer:I was born and grew up in this village. A) It was this village that I was born and grew up. B) It was in this village I was born and grew up. C) It was in this village that I was born and grew up. D) It was this village where I was born and grew up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was in this village that I was born and grew up. 14. It was in the park that they took the family photo. A) A) Subject Cleft. B) B) Object Cleft. C) C) Adverbial Cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Adverbial Cleft. 15. A:I saw you at the station yesterday. B:No, the person ..... you saw yesterday at the station was my twin brother. A) Who. B) That. C) -. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 16. Tomato plants will grow very ..... in warm and sunny weather. A) Quick. B) Quickly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quickly. 17. Choose the best answer: ..... that you will succeed. A) It was by work hard. B) It was by hard work. C) It is by hard work. D) It is by work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is by hard work. 18. Choose the best answer: ..... took my document? A) It is Peter that. B) It was Peter that. C) Was it Peter that. D) Was that Peter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was it Peter that. 19. What is the purpose of using cleft sentences? A) To add unnecessary complexity to the sentence. B) To emphasize or give focus to a specific element of a sentence. C) To make the sentence longer. D) To confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize or give focus to a specific element of a sentence. 20. Choose the best answer:It / be / these / book / I buy / London. A) It is these books that I buy in London. B) It was these books that I bought in London. C) It was these books which I bought on London. D) It was these books I bought in London. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was these books that I bought in London. 21. -She is always telling lies, not John. A) It's her who is always telling lies. B) It is not John who is always telling lies. C) It is she not John who is always telling lies. D) John is not always telling lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's her who is always telling lies. 22. It ..... Peter and Sandra who travelled together on the ship to Asia. A) Is. B) Was. C) Be. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 23. Which type of cleft sentence starts with Wh-word? A) Pseudo-cleft. B) All-cleft. C) It-cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pseudo-cleft. 24. Turn this normal sentence into a cleft sentence.I want to visit my grandparents next summer. A) The place I want to visit next summer is my grandparents' house. B) The place where I would like to visit next summer is my grandparents' house. C) The place where I want to go next summer is my grandparents' house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The place where I would like to visit next summer is my grandparents' house. 25. What do I always look forward to are the feeling of warmth from the morning sun. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 26. ..... did he mention that anything was wrong. A) Only. B) At no time. C) Not until. D) Sometimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At no time. 27. Why are cleft sentences used in English? A) Cleft sentences are used in English to emphasize a particular part of a sentence. B) Cleft sentences are used in English to simplify complex ideas. C) Cleft sentences are used in English to hide the main point of a sentence. D) Cleft sentences are used in English to confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleft sentences are used in English to emphasize a particular part of a sentence. 28. I can't stand it when people make noise while chewing.The thing that ..... make noise while chewing. A) I can't stand is when people. B) Can't stand is when people. C) I can't stand is who people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I can't stand is when people. 29. Write a cleft sentence with 'what' to emphasize the subject. A) What I like is classical music. B) I like soccer. C) Cooking is I need. D) I like reading stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What I like is classical music. 30. Choose the best answer: ..... gave me that picture book. A) Mary was. B) It was Mary that. C) It was Mary whom. D) It was Mary whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Mary that. ← 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