This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 29 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Normal:We watched a horror movie.Which is the correct cleft sentence? A) A) A horror movie it was we watched. B) B) What we watched was a horror movie. C) C) It was watched by us a horror movie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) What we watched was a horror movie. 2. Choose the best answer:It is ..... I get emotional satisfaction. A) Collecting stamps that. B) From collecting stamps that. C) Collecting stamps from that. D) Collecting stamps that from. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From collecting stamps that. 3. Identify the cleft sentence in the following:It was Mary who won the competition. A) Mary won the competition. B) It was Mary who won the competition. C) The competition was won by Mary, not someone else. D) The competition was won by Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Mary who won the competition. 4. You can't blame an automaker for wanting to design a car that looks, even if it doesn't have what it takes under the hood. A) Fast. B) Fastly. C) Quickness. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fast. 5. It was the painting that she admired the most. A) A) Subject Cleft. B) B) Object Cleft. C) C) Adverbial Cleft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) Object Cleft. 6. -Ana started the trouble. A) It was Ana who starts the trouble. B) It is Ana who starts the trouble. C) It is the problem which Ana started. D) It was Ana who started the trouble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was Ana who started the trouble. 7. She said she would become a actress . A) Famous/quick. B) Famous/quickly. C) Famously/quick. D) Famously/quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Famous/quickly. 8. -I don't like his clothes. A) They are his clothes that I don't like. B) It is her clothes that i didn't like. C) I don't like their clothes. D) It's his clothes that I don't like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's his clothes that I don't like. 9. The reason why Dan left ..... the anger. A) Was to avoid. B) Was avoiding. C) That avoided. D) Had to avoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was to avoid. 10. ..... the lights went out did I realize how much the room smelled like lavender. A) At no time. B) Never. C) Not until. D) In no way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not until. 11. ..... time did I mean to make you feel bad. A) Not only. B) Little. C) Rarely. D) At no. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At no. 12. Which statement best defines a cleft sentence? A) A declarative sentence that reports facts. B) A two-part structure used to add emphasis. C) A sentence with two independent clauses. D) A compound-complex sentence with subordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A two-part structure used to add emphasis. 13. Explain the significance of the relative clause in a cleft sentence. A) The relative clause in a cleft sentence is optional and can be omitted. B) The significance of the relative clause in a cleft sentence is to provide essential information about the noun being emphasized. C) The relative clause in a cleft sentence is used for decorative purposes only. D) The relative clause in a cleft sentence has no impact on the overall meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The significance of the relative clause in a cleft sentence is to provide essential information about the noun being emphasized. 14. What I did earlier this month was rewatch Shadowhunters. A) This is a cleft sentence. B) This is a pseudo-cleft sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is a pseudo-cleft sentence. 15. Transform into cleft form:The dog barked loudly. A) Barking loudly was done by the dog. B) It was the cat that barked loudly. C) It was the dog that barked loudly. D) The dog was barking loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the dog that barked loudly. 16. Choose the correct ending to this clause:It is a problem with the software that is causing the delay, A) Who will talk to him aboutthe problem. B) Not the work his colleaguesare doing. C) Was to keep the same mistakes from happening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not the work his colleaguesare doing. 17. What is the phobia of heights called? A) Aerophobia. B) Nyctophobia. C) Acrophobia. D) Claustrophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acrophobia. 18. What is the phobia of spiders called? A) Arachnophobia. B) Ornithophobia. C) Entomophobia. D) Herpetophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arachnophobia. 19. A:You don't understand me. B:No, ..... I don't understand is why you do this to yourself. A) That. B) What. C) Why. D) Only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 20. People always talk about how fascinating travel is. But they never tell you how boring it can be too. A) But the thing they never tell you is how boring it can be too. B) But thing they never told you is how boring it could be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But the thing they never tell you is how boring it can be too. 21. A:Didn't you fly to Denver yesterday? B:No, ..... on Monday I flew to Denver. A) Was. B) Is. C) It was. D) It is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was. 22. It was in New York ..... I first met her ten years ago. A) There. B) Where. C) That. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That. 23. Cleft sentences mostly start with "It ..... ", "What ..... " or "The thing that ..... ". A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. What part of the sentence is emphasized in this cleft structure: "It was her singing that impressed the judges" ? A) Her. B) Singing. C) The judges. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singing. 25. InversionsInversions are use in: A) Written. B) Formal context. C) All of them. D) Speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of them. 26. It is the room ..... we usually hold our meetings. A) That. B) Why. C) Where. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 27. What is the primary function of cleft sentences? A) To mark the end of a narrative paragraph. B) To convert passive voice into active voice. C) To join two unrelated ideas smoothly. D) To provide emphasis on specific information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide emphasis on specific information. 28. It is the student who ..... toward us. A) Is running. B) Was running. C) Ran. D) Were running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is running. 29. Inversion ..... you see such a gifted performer A) Hardly will. B) Little do. C) Seldom have. D) Rarely will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rarely will. 30. Which relative pronouns can we use? A) That. B) Which. C) Who. D) No relative pronoun. E) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All answers are correct. ← 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