This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... to learn a new job is to do it. A) It's. B) The way. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way. 2. Choose the correct option for the gap: ..... you need to be is next door, in room 57. A) The place. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The place. 3. What is the cleft sentence for the original sentence 'He plays the guitar at night.'? A) What he plays at night is the guitar. B) He plays the guitar at night. C) The guitar is played by him at night. D) At night, he plays the guitar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What he plays at night is the guitar. 4. Which is NOT a cleft sentence? A) Sally invited us. B) It was Sally who invited us. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sally invited us. 5. Not only ..... the book, but he had seen the film as well. A) He had read. B) Has he read. C) Had he read. D) He did read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had he read. 6. Transform:They played football in the park. A) It was in the park that they played football. B) The football was what they play in park. C) In the park they were it play football. D) It were the park they played football. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was in the park that they played football. 7. Find, ..... , found A) Finded. B) Found. C) Faund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found. 8. I had forgotten all about it because I had been so ..... with other things. A) Occupied. B) Interested. C) Accomplished. D) Successful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occupied. 9. It's ..... adrenaline that I'm looking for;it ..... a sense of flow. A) Not-is. B) That-not. C) Because-was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not-is. 10. ? is the Minister of Education who is responsible for our increased workload. A) It. B) What. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 11. Cleft sentences divide information into two parts to add emphasis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. What is the primary purpose of cleft sentences? A) To confuse the listener. B) To emphasize a particular part of a sentence. C) To introduce a new topic. D) To compare two items. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize a particular part of a sentence. 13. Which of the following sentences uses a cleft structure to add emphasis? A) The teacher gave us extra homework yesterday. B) It was yesterday that the teacher gave us extra homework. C) We received extra homework from the teacher. D) The teacher decided to give us extra homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was yesterday that the teacher gave us extra homework. 14. When Lily wore my sweater. A) It is yesterday. B) It is Lily. C) It is at the table. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is yesterday. 15. ..... on the phone.A. It is his mother whom isB. It was his mother whom isC. It was his mother who isD. It is his mother who A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 16. ..... I did ..... stretch my arms to calm my nerves A) What-was. B) What-be. C) All-were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What-was. 17. Is this a cleft sentence:All I've ever truly wanted is to be happy. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 18. Transform 'The teacher praised the student' into a cleft sentence. A) The student praised the teacher. B) It was the teacher who praised the student. C) The teacher was praised by the student. D) It was the student who praised the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the teacher who praised the student. 19. What type of cleft sentence is this: "What I enjoy is reading fantasy novels" ? A) It-cleft. B) What-cleft. C) Passive voice. D) Relative clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What-cleft. 20. In the sentence "The thing that matters most is honesty, " what is the focus of the cleft sentence? A) Matters. B) Most. C) Honesty. D) Thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Honesty. 21. Which of the following is an example of full inversion? A) "Is it really that late?". B) "Hardly do I wake up this early.". C) "Never have I ever seen such beauty.". D) "Do I appreciate your help!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Never have I ever seen such beauty.". 22. What type of cleft sentence is this:The person who called was my sister. A) It-cleft. B) Wh-cleft. C) Focused cleft. D) Pseudo-cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wh-cleft. 23. What type of cleft sentence is:'What I need is a break.'? A) Causal sentence. B) Cleft sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleft sentence. 24. Transform the following sentence into cleft form:'The teacher praised the student.' A) The teacher scolded the student. B) It was the teacher who praised the student. C) It was the student that the teacher praised. D) The student was praised by the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the student that the teacher praised. 25. ..... David's determination that makes him stand out. A) It is. B) What is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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