This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Special Clause Types > Cleft Sentences – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cleft Sentences Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nothing can change his idea, ..... ? A) Can't it. B) Can it. C) Can't they. D) Can they. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can it. 2. Read cleft sentences. Where is the correct one? They won the tennis tournament. a What they won was the tennis tournament. b What they did was win the tennis tournament. A) B. B) A. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 3. No cleft:Maria started her homework yesterday.Cleft:What Maria started ..... her homework yesterday A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 4. The reason why she fed the ducks was because she didn't see the sign. A) The reason that (surprises interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . B) The reason why is . C) What (surprises/ interests/ shocks/ annoys ) (me/her/us ) is . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reason why is . 5. Mary bought this book yesterday A) A. It is this book that Mary bought yesterday. B) A. It is this book that was bought by Mary yesterday. C) It was this book that was bought by Mary yesterday. D) A. It is this book that is bought by Mary yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was this book that was bought by Mary yesterday. 6. ..... was Ha Long bay that our family visited last year. A) It. B) This. C) Which. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 7. ..... , got, got A) Gat. B) Gut. C) Get. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get. 8. Everyone thinks the concert last night was extremely sucessful, ..... ? A) Don't they. B) Wasn't it. C) Do they. D) Was it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't they. 9. What is the cleft sentence for the original sentence 'The company donated a large sum of money.'? A) What the company donated was a large sum of money. B) The company donated a large sum of money. C) A large sum of money was donated by the company. D) Donated a large sum of money, the company did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What the company donated was a large sum of money. 10. Which of the following is an example of an it-cleft sentence? A) What I need is a new car. B) It was John who won the race. C) The book that I read was fascinating. D) I need a new car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was John who won the race. 11. "What my brother did was ..... the truth." A) To tell. B) Told. C) Teld. D) To told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To tell. 12. It is basketball ..... A) That I love. B) I love it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That I love. 13. (a) lent you the money, remember? A) A. It's me who. B) It's me. C) It's I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It's me who. 14. What does the word 'cleft' mean in the context of cleft sentences? A) Divided or split. B) Clear or emphatic. C) Complex or confusing. D) Original or cleft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divided or split. 15. No cleft:I needed a safe house to stay.Cleft:What ..... a safe house to stay. A) I needed were. B) I need is. C) I needed was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I needed was. 16. Pick the only one that truly is a cleft sentence. A) What you want is not possible. B) What's in your head is possible. C) What is possible is what matters most to us. D) What is possible for me is possible for you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What is possible is what matters most to us. 17. At no time ..... know the result of the recognition A) The public will. B) Will the public. C) The public. D) Does the public. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will the public. 18. According the the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, "emphatic" means: A) Lacking physical or mental energy. B) Involving, characterized by, or based on empathy. C) Attracting special attention. D) Pushing away somebody's attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attracting special attention. 19. "She needs understanding, not advice." Select the correct cleft sentence. A) It is understanding she needs, not advice. B) It was understanding that she needs, not advice. C) It is understanding that she needs, not advice. D) It was understanding which she needs, not advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is understanding that she needs, not advice. 20. A ..... is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember. A) Musical instrument. B) Guitar. C) Practice. D) Tune. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tune. 21. What is the main purpose of using cleft sentences? A) To create complex sentences without emphasis. B) The main purpose of using cleft sentences is to emphasize a specific part of a sentence. C) To simplify sentences for better understanding. D) To provide a complete sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The main purpose of using cleft sentences is to emphasize a specific part of a sentence. 22. It ..... the food in Hanoi that I enjoyed the most. A) Is. B) Was. C) Be. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 23. -You need to rest for a while. A) What you need to do is to rest for a while. B) Rest for a while is what you need to do. C) What you need is to rest for a while. D) What you need is rest for a while. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What you need is to rest for a while. 24. Spot the mistake:It was them who visited us. A) Correct. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 25. Choose the best it-cleft sentence to emphasize "the cake" in the sentence "My mother baked the cake." A) My mother baked it the cake. B) It was the cake that my mother baked. C) The cake was baked by my mother. D) My mother baked the cake, it was delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the cake that my mother baked. ← 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